Exploration Northwest.
Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1969. First edition. Paperback. 10" x 7". 34p. Bound in heavy glossy printed paper wraps. Fine copy. Introduction by Reno Odlin. Descriptions of paintings of historic scenes.
Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1969. First edition. Paperback. 10" x 7". 34p. Bound in heavy glossy printed paper wraps. Fine copy. Introduction by Reno Odlin. Descriptions of paintings of historic scenes.
Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1972. First edition. Paperback. 7" x 10". 24p. Bound in heavy glossy printed paper wrappers. Fine condition. With good text about this Native American artist who carved in the traditional style. With many black & white photo illustrations.
Tokyo: Nicholas L. Brown, 1919. First American edition. Hardback. 7.75" x 5.25". 148pp., plus ads. Brown paper covered boards with a beige clopth spine. Bottom corners rubbed, one leaf with a small margin chip, else very nice VG+ condition. Gauguin's original account of his experiences in Tahiti. With a frontis.....
London: Secker and Warburg, 1969. First edition. 9.5" x 6". 235pp. Near fine in a (price clipped) jacket with one sizeable chip on the front panel. An interesting chapter in the history of cartography. Includes numerous b&w illustrations of old maps. With discussions of the distribution of various fauna across.....
Kyoto & Tokyo: Mitsumura Suiko Shoin Co., Ltd., 1961. First edition. Paperback. 7.75" x 8.25". 134pp. Glossy paperback, in the original publisher's slipcase. Gift inscription, else very nice VG+ condition. With Japanese and English language text. A detailed study of Japanese screens. With many black & white photo illustrations by.....
New York: A-D Publishing Co., 1940. Paperback. 8" x 5.25". 54pp. Original color illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. A beautifully produced magazine for typographers, artists and graphic designers. Packed with illustrations in color and black & white. Eccentrically and inventively printed. With articles on Reisman, Hubert Davis, art, a poem entitled.....
New York, San Diego, London: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1991. Hardback. 5" x 5.75". 26pp. Color illustrated boards. Fine condition. Later printing. A spooky but humorous alphabet by the master illustrator / artist.
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1926. Second edition. Hardcover. 12.75" x 9.5". 49pp., plus ads. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Fine condition. With thirteen full page plates of alphabets. The text describes the elements of lettering, capitals, the philosophy of good lettering and more. The book was typeset by Bertha Goudy.....
Seattle & London: Published for the Tacoma Art Museum by the University of Washington Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 11" x 8.5". 136pp. Black and red cloth with silver lettering, in dust wrapper. Light offsetting to the endpapers, else near fine condition; the jacket has some soiling and general use.....
Los Angeles: Scott Griffin, 2004. Quarto. 10 full page engravings, engraved on zinc and printed on Stonehenge pearl grey. The book is bound in pale grey paper boards with a Japanese - style stab binding, tied with black silk strings. The book is in as new condition, and is housed.....
Los Angeles: Opus 1, 2003. Paperback. The first three works by the noted printer and artist. 10 full page engravings, engraved on zinc and printed on Stonehenge pearl grey. The book is bound in pale grey paper boards with a Japanese - style stab binding, tied with black silk strings.....
New York: Doubleday, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 8.25" x 5.75". 39pp. Illustrated hardcover in dust wrapper. Spine tips and edges are worn, else near fine condition. Dust jacket has some edge wear and two .5" closed tears on corner and spine, else VG+ condition. Illustrated with line drawings by the.....
[No place]: (Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House), 1996. First edition. Paperback. 10" x 10.25". 48pp. Gray paperback, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. Fine condition; fine jacket. This copy signed by the photographer on the front free endpaper. Grossman's sharp eye and innovative techniques result in marvellously expressive abstract photographs.....
Houston: Paideia Press, 1982. Paperback. 8.5" x 9.25". 158pp. Glossy color illustrated paperback. The top of the spine is badly bumped, otherwise the condtion is very good. With many color and black & white illustrations from drawings and paintings. This copy features a gift inscription to Dr. Milton Katims. Katims.....
New York: Hastings House, 1946. First edition. Hardback. 9.25" x 7". Appr. 135pp. Beige cloth, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition. The jacket has a small bit of edge wear. With a foreword by Monroe Wheeler and an introduction by Jean Charlot. With numerous illustrations from engravings, lithographs, etc. Includes.....
New York & London: The Studio Publications, Inc. & The Studio Ltd., circa 1948. 11.25" x 8". 146pp., plus an index and ads. Pink cloth, in dust wrapper. One leaf is loose but present, else VG+ condition. The jacket is heavily worn. With many color and black & white illustrations.....
Nashville, Tennessee: Allied Publishing, Inc., 1960. 12" x 9". 111pp. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering. Near fine condition. With a prefatory poem by Josef Albers. With many color illustrations of paintings. Artists whose works are shown here includeFrank Gunter, Raymond Han, Claude Bentley, Leroy Neiman, Jane Stauffer, Fred Kline.....
New York: Hastings House, (1959). First edition. 10" x 8.5". Appr. 75pp. Brown paper covered boards with a gray buckram spine, in dust wrapper. Fine condition. The jacket has a one inch chip on the front panel. The stark jacket and book design are by George Giusti. Published for the.....
Buenos Aires: Cidegraf Argentina, 1969. Hardback. 12" x 8.5". 467pp. Wood grained illustrated boards with a buckram cloth spine. Light soiling to the edges, else near fine condition. This poem, written in a Spanish that evokes rural Argentina, is widely seen as the pinnacle of the genre of "gauchesque" poetry.....
New York: Terry Dintenfass Gallery, 1974. First edition. Paperback. 8" x 6". Stapled red paper wrappers. Fine condition. A retrospective overview on the life and work of American painter Philip Evergood. With color illustrations from Evergood's paintings, an essay by Hills, a checklist of the art in the exhibition, biographical.....
(New York): The International Studio, John Lane Company, 1908. Hardback. 11.25" x 7.75". Appr. 15opp. Green cloth with a printed label mounted on the front board. Mild soiling, lightly musty from storage, ownership signature, else VG+ condition. With good text and many illustraions of Saint - Gaudens art works...
New York: The Viking press, 1967. First edition. 9.25" x 6". 111pp. Green cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition. Very nice VG+ (price clipped) jacket. This copy signed by the author on the first leaf. With many black & white photo illustrations.
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1979. Hardback. 13" x 9.5". 127pp. Gray and white cloth, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition. The jacket is a little worn and soiled. With color illustrations by Hogarth and text by Spender. An incisive look at America, its landscape, people, mores, and eccentricities...
Seattle and London: Bill Holm Center For the Study of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum & University of Washington Press, 2015. Paperback. 9.5" x 7.5". 114pp., with index. Fine condition; fine jacket. In the original slipcase. 50th anniversary edition of this classic treatise. One of only 200 copies, each signed.....
New York: The Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954. Hardback. 10" x 7.5". 95pp. Red cloth, in dust wrapper. One inch spot on the rear board, else nice VG+ condition. VG+ jacket with a corresponding spot and light.....