Specializing in C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Inklings & "The Seven"
Washington D.C. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1996. Hardcover. Volumes present the Andean portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It superbly illustrates all 133 Andean objects in color plates including many complementary and comparative black and white illustrations and drawings. These works of art, created.....
Item #075260
New York / Tokyo: Weatherhill / Heibonsha, 1973. First English Edition. Hardcover. This book, abundantly illustrated with 158 photographs, of which 43 are in full color, traces the story of the Yamato style from its aristocratic Heian beginnings to its development and influence on later art forms. Photographs and fold.....
Item #075259
New York: George Braziller, 1981. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. The last of Grandville's illustrated books, published posthumously in 1847. Fifty-two color plates reproduce the original steel engravings of Grandville's illustrations. Colored by hand, Grandville's compositions present a floral tableaux redolent of the sentimental spirit of French Romanticism. Frontispiece self-portrait, J.J. Grandville.....
Item #075249
Ft. Worth TX / Washington DC: Amon Carter Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Hardcover. A graphic record of the Mexican War (1846-1848) through the then fledgling art of photography. Authors examine more than fifty daguerreotypes from the war. The prints, many in full color, present a vivid eyewitness history of.....
Item #075246
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 194. Artist: Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville. Paperback. Perhaps the most fantastic and intriguing artist of early 19th century France, and certainly one of the greatest book illustrators of all time, was Jean Ignace Isidore Granville. He created imaginative and fantastic drawings which influenced cartoonists who followed in.....
Item #075245
Germany: Konemann, 2000. First Edition. hardcover. Nicely housed in a slip case which is in fine condition. 11x2x13.
Item #075216
Abrams, 1983. Profusely illustrated. hardcover. The illustrations alone are impressive. A great book in marvelous condition. Full refund if not satisfied. 12x10x2.
Item #075210
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. First Edition. hardcover. A beautiful art book produced by Abrams. There is a small section of discoloration on the dust jacket. Full refund if not satisfied. 9x6x1.
Item #075207
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. First Edition. hardcover. A beautifully produced and wonderfully illustrated art book. 305 pp. Full refund if not satisfied. 9x6x1.
Item #075206
New York / Hagerstown / San Francisco / London: Harper & Row Publishers, 1976. Sandro Botticelli. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Bound in a dark rust, reddish-brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. The endpapers are a two-page-spread reproduction of Inferno XXXIII in Botticelli's original text. Profusely.....
Item #075204
Paris: Editions S. N. E. P. - Illustration, No Date Listed; Copyright 1954. Various Artists. Softcover / Flexible Boards. Asian Painting, Its History and Its Wonders. Written entirely in French. This large folio is neither softcover, nor hardcover, but a flex-sturdy-cardstock cover printed with green, pink and gold accents and.....
Item #075203
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1959. Edouard Manet. First Edition. Hardcover. Art pieces within were selected by Kurt Martin, Director, The Pinakothek, Muich, who also wrote the introduction and associated notes. Boards are covered in a cream paper. Spine is black publisher's cloth stamped in gilt lettering. Cover bears.....
Item #075201
New York: George Braziller, No Date Listed; Circa 1960 / 1970. Illustrated. Hardcover. Bound in textured salt and pepper publisher's cloth with a gilt debossed decoration on the cover. Gilt debossed lettering on the spine. Contents include: Preface, Selected Bibliography, The Book and Its History, Note to the Plates, The.....
Item #075189
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1959. Various Artists. Hardcover. Bound in light gray publisher's cloth with blue and black lettering on the cover and spine. 94 beautiful reproductions in both full color and black and white are included in this copy from prominent artists from the 19th and 20th.....
Item #075188
New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, No Date Listed; Copyright 1974. Maxfield Parrish. Eighth Printing. Softcover. Illustrated softcover in predominantly blue color tones with an image of a girl gazing up into the sky by a large body of water. Off white spine bears black lettering. Introduction by Maurice Sendak.....
Item #075186