Paris: Henri Laurens, 1956. Revised Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 64pp. Text in French. This short history of the Rodin Museum in Paris includes 44 halftones of his work and a plan of the Museum. 6.5" x 4.75". (more information)

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Philadelphia George Gebbie 1872., 1872. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to spine ends, else in very good condition. 9.25" x 6" 62pp Large-paper edition. Association copy: Inscribed and signed by James L. Claghorn, to whom this book is dedicated. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Philadelphia Historical Society of PA nd [1892]., 1892. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Spotty foxing to portrait, else in very good condition. 10" x 6.75" 9 leaves Peale painted the portrait in 1772. Signed inside cover: "Compliments of W.S. Baker.". Illustrated by engraved frontispiece. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Ketchum, ID: Computer Lab, 1988. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Allison Gosney. 32pp; 9 full-page illustrations, map. This booklet chronicles the artist's long life in New Mexico, and describes houses and museums there which are associated with O'Keeffe and her work. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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London: Spring Books, 1950. Second Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. pp: vii, 196, indice; 242 illustrations, many in color. Benham traces the 600-year evolution of playing cards, especially the portrait cards: jack, queen and king, and emphasizes the French and English packs and their changes relative to the politics, costumes, and social rules of their day. 10" x 7.25". (more information)

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NY & London: George Routledge/Sampson Low, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pictorial cloth. pp: xvi, 216; mounted portrait, 172 illustrations. The mounted portrait is a sepiatone photograph. This close look at Caldecott's life and early work is based partly on his letters (many with accompanying sketches) and his diaries. 8.75" x 6". (more information)

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NY Wm. H. Wise 1930., 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Embossed leatherette covers and contents in very good condition. 7.5" x 8.5" approx 160pp Briggs drew these comic strips for newspapers in the 1920s. This Memorial Edition is a selection of some of his best work. Illustrated by illus throughout by cartoons. 1st edn thus. Binding is leatherette. (more information)

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NY Wm. H. Wise 1930., 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Embossed leatherette covers and contents in very good condition. 7.5" x 8.5" approx 160pp Briggs drew these comic strips for newspapers in the 1920s. This Memorial Edition is a selection of some of his best work. Illustrated by illus throughout by cartoons. 1st edn thus. Binding is leatherette. (more information)

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Rome: Laziale A. Marchesi, 1924. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 46pp; 13 illus from photographs. A room-by-room guide to the Museum at St. Peter's in Rome; text in Italian. 6.5" x 4.5". (more information)

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NY Museum of Modern Art (1946)., 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Spine lightly suntanned, else in very good condition. 10.25" x 7.5" 102pp. Illustrated by color plates, b&w illus. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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NY: Henry Street Settlement, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Various illustrators. 212pp; illustrations, some color. 10.75" x 7.5". (more information)

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NY: Cooper Union, 1921. First Edition. not bound. Good. Palm card. One side lists the officers of the Woman's Art School, and states that this card will "Admit Gentleman and Ladies." On the back is a floor plan of the School. 3.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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Ciudad Trujillo, R.D.: General de Bellas Artes, 1957. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. 4pp. Catalog of an exhibition of 46 paintings by Dominican artists. Text in Spanish. 10" x 8.5". (more information)

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Lewisburg, PA Packwood House Museum 1986., 1986. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents near fine condition. 10.5" x 8.5" 16pp Adams was a Philadelphia native, known for his portraits and still-life paintings. Illustrated by photo-illus throughout text. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Lansing Michigan State Library 1924., 1924. Soft cover. Lower tips chipped from covers and first few leaves, else good. 9" x 6" 370pp Has bibliography and periodical references. Lists hundreds of painters, sculptors, illustrators, mural painters, and etchers. Fifth Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY E. Weyhe 1957., 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book near fine condition in a very good slipcase. 7.25" x 4.5" slipcase approx. 100pp Printed from the original woodblocks at The Spiral Press, on handmade Goyu paper, including a double-page spread in colors. Limited to 500 copies, this copy neither numbered nor signed. Bound in cloth-backed boards illustrated in color from woodcuts; in the original woodcut-pictorial slipcase. Illustrated by approx. 100pp of woodcuts. First Edition. Binding is cloth/boards. (more information)

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Cambridge, MA: Meriden Gravure for Harvard U, 1965. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Illus from photographs. 20pp; color frontispiece, 10 b&w illus from photographs, map. Describes 84 pictures in this exhibition, from the collections of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, John Kenneth Galbraith, Stuart Cary Welch, and the Fogg Art Museum. 10.25" x 7.5". (more information)

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London: Cresset Press, 1957. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xii, 215; 15pp illus from photographs, map. The author worked 20 years on the Tientsen-Pukow railway before traveling through China as an art buyer for museums, 1928-1935. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1976. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Handmade paper covers. (64)pp; 80 illus from photographs. Number 527 of an edition limited to 750 copies, this is a presentation copy, inscribed and signed on the front endpaper. 8.5" x 10". (more information)

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. 2nd printing. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xv, 370; color frontispiece, 58pp halftones. Has folding genealogical chart, bibliography and index. Declared as "the first complete biography in English" of the notorious French painter (1864-1901), with new material from letters, interviews with surviving contemporaries, etc. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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Rutland & Tokyo Charles E. Tuttle (1962)., 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good condition in a moderately chipped dust jacket. 10.5" x 7" pictorial dj 452pp w/index. Illustrated by 314 illus, some color. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley, 1948. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. (28)pp; illus throughout text. Tells the story of the Company's "America the Beautiful" contest, designed to stimulate child interest in art. This booklet sets out the rules of the contest and shows 31 of the works of art submitted by children. 8" x 5.5". (more information)

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Chicago Paul Theobald (1947)., 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Spotty foxing on front endpapers, else in very good condition. 11.25" x 8.5" 371pp w/index "This book is written for the artist and the layman. [It] concentrates on the work of the Institute of Design, Chicago.". Illustrated by 439 illustrations (11 color). First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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NY: New York Graphic Society, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Henry Moore. Unpaginated; illus throughout. Complete with the "auto-lithograph" plate on handmade paper, drawn by Henry Moore in 1958. 19" x 12". (more information)

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NY: American Artists Group, 1945. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (vi), 96; many illustrations, some color. Mueller addresses technical information as well as use of the woodcut & wood engraving in book illustration, graphic arts, &c. 9.5" x 6". (more information)

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NY: National Academy of Design, 1930. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 43pp; 13pp illus from photographs. Has information on the history of the Academy, study courses, exhibitions, lectures, competitions, list of members, &c. 9" x 6". (more information)

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NY: National Academy of Design, 1926. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 9" x 6" 45pp; 15pp illus from photographs. Has information on the history of the Academy, study courses, exhibitions, lectures, competitions, list of members, &c. 9" x 6". (more information)

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NY: National Academy of Design, 1931. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. 47pp; 19pp illus from photographs. Has information on the history of the Academy, study courses, exhibitions, lectures, competitions, list of members, &c. 9" x 6". (more information)

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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1919. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tips of boards bumped. pp: xxii, 454, index; 98pp illus on coated stock. This sixth edition, delayed until the close of World War I, contains "new material and new illustrations." 8.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1966. 2nd printing. Original wraps. Very Good. 40pp; 30 full-page illustrations, some color. First published in 1950, this exhibition guide covers the seven tapestry cartoons loaned to the Museum by Queen Victoria. 7" x 9.5". (more information)

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