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198441489NY: Oxford University Press 1984. First US edition. 586 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with two short tears. Promotional flyer laid in. NY: Oxford University Press, unknown books
198994507San Francisco: Scottwall Associates 1989. Hardcover. ix158p. frontis preface Herb Caen at the Fair designers index illustrated with b&w and color photographs very good 11.25 x 8.75 inch boards bound in turquoise-green cloth gilt; first edition in dj dj also in excellent shape. A collection of interviews with participants and visitors to the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition illustrated with rare and nearly-lost photographs. Scottwall Associates hardcover books
1975036334London: Crafts Advisory Committee in Conjunction with The Photographers' Gallery 1975. Catalogue designed by Ray Carpenter. 80p. b/w illus. square format original stiff printed wrappers. Crafts Advisory Committee in Conjunction with The Photographers' Gallery unknown books
195736955Austin: University of Texas Press 1957. Hardcover. Very good. xxii 119pp. Very good hardback in a price clipped and lightly rubbed jacket. <br/><br/> University of Texas Press hardcover books
1929020480New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1929. Translated by M. V. Nugent. x 332p. b/w front. port. original blue cloth faded on the spine. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
1996117756New Haven Connecticut / London: Yale University Press 1996. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped spine lettering illustrated end papers. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 320 pp. Color illustrations. Accompanied an exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art; Includes sections on portraiture sculpture painting calligraphy masks textiles arms and armor lacquer and metalwork and tea ceremony utensils and ceramics from the Momoyama period; Contains glossary of terms. Yale University Press hardcover books
1984124354Oxford UK: Oxford University Press 1984. First Edition. First Edition. Spine ends lightly bumped affecting both book and jacket with toning to the jacket spine else Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. A very presentable copy. Oxford University Press unknown books
1971109066San Francisco: Gay Sunshine 1971. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid newspaper illustrations poetry essays reviews news very good on newsprint. With the first part of an article on gays in prison gays and the antiwar movement and poetry by Barber Congdon Wieners and others. Gay Sunshine unknown books
1990112990Tulsa Oklahoma: Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association 1990. Softcover. VG- ; very tight and clean interior with very slight wear to covers. Cream wraps with color illustration and green and red lettering; 73 pp. with 60 bw and color illustrations. With author's signature and inscription; includes detailed descriptions of each work a lengthy essay about Miller and his art and a bw photo of Miller. Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association paperback books
1960SFK519-005Los Angeles CA: The Rounce & Coffin Club 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST EDITION of this volume commemorating the work of William Cheney a printer who worked in Dawson's Book Shop. 8vo. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 6 xi 62 pp. Half-title title page in red and black inks foreword by H. Richard Archer titled "William M. Cheney" monochrome photographs of Cheney throughout; text clean unmarked. Quarter black cloth over olive green boards spine titled in gilt in original white paper dust jacket titled in black on spine of jacket in archival mylar olive green endpapers; binding square and tight very light soiling and toning with small chips at extremities of jacket. Bookplate of Jackson Burke on front pastedown. Muir Dawson's copy: notation in Muir Dawson's hand "With the 5 errata slips printed by Cheney" but these errata slips are no longer present. SFK519-005. Very Good. The volume includes H. Richard Archer's foreword originally published in the Book Club of California Quarterly News Letter Summer 1957 Vol. XXII pp. 62-5. In the foreword Archer says that Cheney's âcontribution to the private press movement of the mid-twentieth century may be slight but his position in it is assured." PROVENANCE: Bookplate on the front pastedown of type and book designer Jackson Burke 1908-1975 who designed several type faces and acted as the Director of Typographic Development at Mergenthaler Linotype from 1949-1963. The provenance in a lineage of California typophiles indicates Cheney's significant impact on private press printing in California and beyond. The Rounce & Coffin Club hardcover books
1976182468Childrens Press 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1976 edition. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Childrens Press hardcover books
198622727Cambridge: Harvard University Library 1986. First edition 8vo pp. xii 216; illustrated; fine in original taupe cloth gilt. <br/><br/> Harvard University Library hardcover books
19889025405New York: Houghton Mifflin 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter white cloth and tan boards with the spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
19929019854New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1992. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Bound in the publisher's cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is worn at the head and heel. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1938109987Paris: Galerie Jean Charpentier 1938. Softcover. Good Some pencil marks; General light wear. Light blue wraps with blue lettering; 54 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw plates. Text in French except for Conditions of Sale which is in French and English; From the auction held 19 May 1938; Includes many works by Delacroix and Gericault as well as pieces by Carpeaux Chasseriau Corot J. Michelin R. Nanteuil Watteau and others; 48 items listed. Galerie Jean Charpentier paperback books
197829310New York: Peter Owen Limited 1978. Hardcover. VG-/G book shows very slight foxing on top third of textblock minimal shelf wear all pages clear and intact - dust jacket is price clipped on front inside flap shows rubbing and shelf wear and top corners and spine a few small tears at spine mended with scotch tape still protective. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on spine blue and orange pictorial dust jacket with white lettering xix 296 pp. mostly bw illustrations with a few in color. "The nineteenth-century silverware of Tiffany & Co. has an important place in the history of decorative arts the significance of which is being increasingly recognized among collectors and museums for the high quality of the silver the inventiveness of the designs and the marvelous range of forms in which they were made. This definitive study of that silver traces the history of the company founded by Charles L. Tiffany who with his great silversmith Edward C. Moore propelled it to world renown. Holow-ware forms are explored from tea and coffee services centerpieces water pitchers and punch bowls to the John Mackay service of 1250 pieces made from a half ton of silver directly out of the Comtock Lode. All the Tiffany nineteenth- and twentieth-century flatware patterns are described as well as presentation silver swords and guns in Japanese style with anecdotes of the fascintating people who have owned them. There is a comprehensive chapter on marks together with a description of how silver was made in the nineteenth century and suggestions as to how it may best be cared for today. Illustrated with drawings from original sketchbooks of designs more than three hundred black and white photographs and four color plates this handsome volume is an invaluable record of a great American art and craft for amateur and professional collectors alike." - dust jacket description. Peter Owen Limited hardcover books
198714017NY: Dodd Mead & Co 1987. Hardcover. VG. Pale grey boards blue DJ. 255 pp. 75 color 209 bw plates. From the DJ. "Included are beautiful examples of scrimshaw glass silver ceramics furniture textiles lightship baskets weathervanes and mariners' tools. Altogether this definitive study of Nantucket decorative arts and crafts is an important contribution to the appreciation of one of the richest legacies of American culture. Dodd, Mead & Co hardcover books
19701974Colby College Art Museum 1970. Softbound. VG- May have some aging to cover. BW illus. wraps. 133 pp. 72 BW repros. Issued in conjunction with several 1970 exhibitions honoring the sesquicentennial of the founding of the State of Maine. Some artists are represented by more than one work. Lengthy annotation of each work in the exhibition. Introduction by James. M. Carpenter. Uncommon and desirable. Colby College Art Museum unknown books
1997147858Cambridge MA: Harvard University Library 1997. Softcover. Clean and tight interior but with fading to covers and bump to lower right corner. Canteloupe wraps with black lettering. 74 pp. with occasional bw illus. This entire issue features the formation of Harvard's Collection of Incunabula by James E. Walsh. Harvard University Library unknown books
1959147481959. Softcover. VG fading/pencil on cover. White wraps. 50 pp. 42 bw plates. Three-page foreword by Raymond Nacenta essay by Waldermar George catalogue of 119 works many nice plates. Text in French. unknown books
1992158577NY CHARESL SCRIBNER'S SONS 1992 1992. DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED; ADVANCE COPY FOR REVIEW FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. NY, CHARESL SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1992 hardcover books
1996139643Pittsburgh Penna: The Carnegie Museum of Art 1996. Softcover. VG- Label residue and few marks from previous art-library owner. White & color illus. wraps 160 pp. BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1996 exhibition featuring works from this collection. Includes an essay by the collector himself Charles H. Carpenter Jr. and one by Kay Larson. The Carnegie Museum of Art paperback books
1973295543Canada: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1973. hardcover. near fine/very good. Otto Eberhard. 212 pages illustrated in black and white oblong 8vo white cloth in dust wrapper mild foxing on spine a bit yellowed and price clipped Canada: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1973. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Holt, Rinehart, and Winston unknown books
1970143612New York: Ballantine Books / E. P. Dutton 1970. Softcover. G Moderate wear to edges and spine of cover; interior text and illus. are good. Black wraps unpaginated many BW illus. A collection of photographs by Ken Heyman with text by Edmund Carpenter. Ah the depictions and culmination of the Sixties. Ballantine Books / E. P. Dutton paperback books
190623266Chicago: Chicago H. Kerr & Company 1906. Hardcover. 162p. notes appendix cocked mild shelfwear good in green cloth boards. International Library of Social Science. Chicago H. Kerr & Company hardcover books