Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1980. Paperback. Signed by renowned calligrapher Glen Epstein on the title page; also includes a xeroxed copy of a letter from the author to Epstein, laid in. No owners' marks; pages are age-toned at the edges and slightly rumpled at the free corners, otherwise clean; binding... More about Lettering Tips for Artists, Graphic Designers, and Calligraphers
Paris: Armand Guérinet, 1901. Half-Leather. Folio. Language: French. A splendor of elevations, floor plans, and sketches reproduced in varying hues by heliotype; volume I has approximately 100pp., vol. II approx. 120pp.; altogether 327 plates for everything from a Minoan cave to a tennis club to an art museum to an... More about L'Architecture aux Expositions des Beaux-arts. Salon de 1901
Circulo de Bellas Artes, 2004. Soft Cover. Languages: Spanish and English facing-page dual text. The pages are clean and bright except for a gift note penned at the half-title page. The binding is square, the spine uncreased, the soft cover only lightly shelf-rubbed at the lower corners and otherwise clean... More about Los Cuadros Negros / The Black Paintings
Chicago Botanic Gardens, 2003. Hardman-Jones, Jerry (photographs). Paperback. Large 4to. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; there is a tap at the spine head accompanied by shallow wrinkles and tiny surface chips, and the bottom corners and spine heel show gentle rubbing, otherwise excellent. More about Chapungu: Custom and Legend - A Culture in Stone
The MIT Press, 1998. Hardcover. 4to. Crisp, clean pages except for a felt-tip mark on the bottom edge of the book; binding square and tight, hard cover lightly sunned at spine and uppers and gently rubbed at spine heel and corners, otherwise excellent; jacket shows only a small wrinkle at... More about The Structure of the Ordinary: Form and Control in the Built Environment
Pedoulas: Foundation of Byzantine Culture, 2000. Kourris, Rev. Charalambos (photos); Yerasimous, Costas (photos); Stylianou, Vassos (photos). Paperback. Language: English. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; one light fold at the top left rear corner, some gentle surface rubbing visible in the dark green areas front and back, and mild shelfwear... More about The Pedoulas Byzantine Museum
University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1997. Staple-bound Softcover. Pages crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks; stapled binding secure. Soft cover shows rubbing and a little chipping at edges and spine, a gentle crease at the lower front corner, and a few short, horizontal creases extending from the spine... More about Alan Sonfist : History and the Landscape
Melina Verlag, 1998. Hardcover. 4to. English translation. Crisp, bright, clean pages except for an erasure ghost at the front free endpaper, a prior seller's label at the final endpaper, and scattered foxing on the head edges; square, secure binding, hard cover turned slightly inward at the top free corners and... More about Cyprus: Byzantine Churches and Monasteries, Mosaics and Frescoes
Graphis Press Corp. 1983. Hardcover. 4to. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; square, tight binding; hard cover shows only mild rubbing at the spine ends, otherwise excellent. Jacket has shallow wrinkles at each spine end, spots of wear at two corners and at the spine heel, and an area of... More about Graphis Annual 83/84
Graphis Press, 1985. Hardcover. Folio. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; square, tight binding, hard cover only modestly tapped at the bottom right front corner and mildly rubbed at corners and spine ends. Jacket bears a small patch of pressure marks and scratches at the lower right front, some age-toning... More about Graphis Annual 85/86: The International Annual of Advertising and Editorial Graphics
Graphis Press, 1986. Hardcover. Folio. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; square, tight binding, hard cover only gently rubbed at corners and spine ends. Jacket bears a few small, round, scattered pressure marks at the lower front, some age-toning visible around light-colored portions of the edges, a spot of laminate... More about Graphis Annual 86/87: The International Annual of Advertising and Editorial Graphics
University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1986. Staple-bound Softcover. Pages crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks; stapled binding secure. Soft cover shows some fading around the edges and at the spine and one very tiny brown spot at the lower front, but is otherwise clean and excellent. More about American Art in Eighteenth-Century Furniture
University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1986. Hardcover. Bright and clean except for a prior owner's name penned at the top of the title page and a little dust spotting along the top edges; full cloth cover shows only mild shelfwear at corners and spine ends, jacket only a little... More about Human Rights Human Wrongs Art & Social Change
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1965. Leatherette. Language: German. Pages crisp and clean except for light dust smudging on the top edge of the page block; no owners' marks; flexible leatherette cover is clean and excellent. 273pp. + 208 black-and-white photographic plates. More about Kleine Kunstgeschichte der Deutschen Burg
National Gallery of Art, 1992. Hardcover. Large 4to. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; the dust jacket shows a little shallow creasing around the spine heel and a slight curl to the top front edge, otherwise excellent. Now protected in a clear plastic sleeve. More about The Pastoral Landscape (Studies in the History of Art
Saint Michael's Press, 2006. Brenzo, Jo (photographer). Paperback. Signed by the author and the photographer on the limitation page, numbered 50 of 200 copies printed; signed again by the photographer with a personal inscription to a named individual on the title page. Clean and bright; spine square and uncreased; soft... More about The Lord of the Dolls: Voyage in Xochimilco
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1967. Leatherette. Language: German. Pages crisp and clean except for light dust spotting on the top edge of the page block; no owners' marks; flexible leatherette cover has a slight bend to top right front corner but is otherwise clean and excellent. 148pp. + 43 black-and-white photographic plates. More about Künstler und Werkstatt der Spätgotik
Serindia Publications, 2006. Paperback. 4to. Clean, bright pages; no owners' marks; square, uncreased spine; soft cover has a few small, faded spots at the lower right front, modest shelf rubbing at corners and spine heel, and a short crease and fold at the spine head, otherwise excellent. More about Tibetan Thangka Painting: Methods and Materials
Chronicle Books, 1999. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages except for two small brown spots on the right edge of the book; spine bears some wear at the ends and a spot of finish loss along the rear edge, and cover bears one spot of faint sticker abrasion at the upper right... More about Evidence: The Art of Candy Jernigan
New York: Nichols Publishing Company, 1987. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; a little mild rubbing and toning at corners and spine ends of the hard cover and around head and heel edges of jacket, with a few shallow creases at each spine end, otherwise excellent. More about Helmut Jahn: Design einer neuen Architektur = design of a new architecture = design d'une...
Princeton University Press, 1993. Hardcover. 4to. Signed and inscribed by the author to a named individual on the title page. No owners' marks; pages are clean; binding is tight; there is a slight upward curve to the foreedge of the front cover and there are two small chips in the... More about Jacques-Louis David: Art in Metamorphosis
The Cooper Union School of Art, 1999. Soft Cover. No owners' marks; pages are clean, crisp and bright; binding is square and tight; there is some light rubbing at the soft cover's spine ends, free corners, and at the bottom front cover edge, otherwise excellent. More about Ghostcatching: A Virtual Dance Installation
London: Crane Kalman Gallery. Paperback. Undated. Crisp, clean pages except for mild age-toning around the margins of a few leaves; binding secure; soft cover bears some surface rubbing and tiny wrinkles along the spine, a very small abrasion at the upper right rear not affecting the pictured reproduction, and a.... More about English Naive Paintings from the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Andras Kalman, London
Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Institution, 1997. Soft Cover. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; except for light rubbing at corners and spine ends, excellent. 83pp. Published to accompany exhibition catalogue for exhibit held at Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, December 14, 1997 - March 8, 1998. More about Essays: Twelve Centuries of Japanese Art from the Imperial Collections
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2000. Hard Cover. Clean, bright pages; no owners' marks; binding square and tight; the front free corners are tapped, causing small splits in the surface of the coer, and the corners and spine ends show some rubbing and softening, otherwise excellent. 108pp. More about The Traditional Craft in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
