Art from Berthoff Books

University of California Press, 1983. Soft cover. Good. 132 pages. Inaugural issue, February 1983, of the academic journal Representations, with lead articles by the co-chairs of its editorial board: Stephen Greenblatt "Murdering Peasants: Status, Genre, and the Representation of Rebellion; Svetlana Alpers "Interpretation without Representation, or, the Viewing of Las Meninas." Thick journal, 7" x 9-3/4", back cover… Read more about this item

All'Insegna del pesce d'oro, 1981. Soft cover. Very Good. BILINGUAL EDITION ENGLISH-ITALIAN. 162 pagine. Introduzione di Ada Nisbet. Saggi di Guido Almansi, Vito Amoruso, Marisa Bulgheroni, Alberto Castoldi, Valentina Poggi-Ghigi. Con dodici riproduzioni di acqueporti e uno scritto di Mirando Haz. The Charles Dickens Christmas ghost story A Christmas Tree is given in English and an Italian translation;… Read more about this item

Simon and Schuster, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 96 pages. Second printing. Subtitle "Embalmed and Treasured up by" GP. 160 drawings, of which 142 were originally cartoons in The New Yorker. Imperial 8vo (8-5/8" x 11-1/2"), aqua paper over boards with black cloth quarter, gilt lettering on spine, aqua end papers and topstain, slight wear to crown/heel, vertical dust-stains… Read more about this item

Henry N. Abrams, Inc., 1955. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 178 pages plus 27 Roman-numeralled front matter pages. 168 art reproductions selected and introduced by Bernhard Geiser, with biography and documentation by Hans Bolliger, translation by Lisbeth Gombrich. Includes list of the works, bibliography of Picasso's graphic art, list of books illustrated by Picasso. Imperial 8vo (8-3/4" x 11-1/8"), black… Read more about this item

Welcome Enterprises, Inc., 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Around 120 unnumbered pages of artworks reproduced in color on semi-glossy paper, with typeset and (reproduced) handwritten texts interspersed. First printing stated. 4to (9" x 11-1/4"), black cloth with title blindstamped on spine and front board, charcoal gray end papers, scant wear, touch of dust soil. DJ… Read more about this item

The Museum Of Modern Art, 1977. Soft cover. Good. 416 pages, with Comparative Chronology, List of Plates, Catalog by John Rewald. Published in connection with an exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art of the same title. Essays by the editor (director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at MOMA) and eight other scholars, including… Read more about this item

Crown Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 346 pages, with chronological index of the works. Chronological description of the works by the editor, interspersed with biographical notes. 4to (9-1/8" x 12-1/4"), beige cloth with red lettering, boards soiled and worn with losses to backstrip, which has been reglued to prevent further damage, faded red topstain, end papers foxed and… Read more about this item

No Binding. Very Good. Nine loose sheets. Eight ironically captioned drawings by the versatile poet/artist/writer Eugene Walter, printed on 8-1/2" x 11" white card stock, covered with a larger, folded sheet of red paper. There are two copies of the cartoon "The Commitee meets to discuss the future of the Committee." No date or publisher is indicated, only… Read more about this item

The New York Review, 1965. Soft cover. Very Good. 13 loose sheets, of which one is an introduction and 12 are drawings published in the NYRB during its second year of publication. The subjects are President Charles DeGaulle, LBJ, Pope John XXIII, Auden, Pushkin, Baudelaire, Rupert Brooke, Dame Edith Sitwell, Jack Kerouac, Guenter Grass, Picasso, and Freud. The… Read more about this item

Bramhall House, 1961. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 363 pages, with List of Illustrations, Bibliography, Chronology, Index of Illustrations, Index of Museums and Private Collections, general Index. Preface by James J. Rorimer. Scores of b&w art reproductions and 36 on color plates. 4to (9-1/4" x 12-1/4"), green cloth with rubbed gilt lettering, light green end papers, spine and upper margins… Read more about this item

Lear Publishers, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 90 unnumbered pages, with note from the publishers. Each engraving has Hogarth's commentaries, taken from an early edition of his complete works. Imperial 8vo (8-1/2" x 11"), tan paper over boards with rust-colored quarter, black lettering, wear at crown and heel, light foxing to end papers and the first couple of… Read more about this item

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 159 pages, with Biographical Outline, Selected Bibliography, List of Major Exhibitions, Index. Distributed by New American Library - "New concise NAL edition". On the life and work of Anna Mary Robertson Moses, with 193 illustrations (art reproductions and photos), of which 127 are in color. Imperial 8vo (8-3/4" x 11"),… Read more about this item

Doubleday Anchor Books, 1955. Soft cover. Fair. 358 pages, with index, list of the 95 illustrations (b&w art reproductions). Introduction "The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline", followed by seven essays - reprints and revisions. Additional illustrations include line drawings in the text. Mass-market paperback, binding disintegrated and reglued with additional repairs with clear tape (hence some… Read more about this item

Galleria Michaud, 1978. Soft cover. Good. BILINGUAL EDITION ITALIAN-ENGLISH - six pages of text, 26 plates (4 color). Book of reproductions of drawings and pastels exhibited at a retrospective showing in Florence, Italy, February 1978. Hancox was a set designer in New York, who drew and painted surrealist artworks after hours, for many years. Short introductory essays by… Read more about this item

Ediciones Poligrafa, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 63 pages, with list of the 75 illustrations (art reproductions) on 64 color plates, very short selected bibliography. Biographical introduction and annotations to the works, by José María Faerna García-Bermejo, tr. from Spanish by Elaine M. Stainton. 4to (9-3/4" x 12-1/4"), pale gray cloth with black lettering on spine, printed on… Read more about this item

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1942. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 84 plates from the MMA collection, preceded by eight pages of introduction by William M. Ivins, Jr. and list of the plates. Limited edition: 2000 copies printed. Reproductions of paintings and etchings include full images and details. 4to (9-1/8" x 11-3/4"), gray cloth soiled and age-tanned… Read more about this item

The Viking Press, 1972. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 207 pages, with Index, Selected Bibliography. Preface by James Biddle, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Foreword "The Heritage of the Hudson" by the historian and folklorist Carl Carmer. Sixty-six pages of maps and plates, both color and b&w - photographs and art reproductions of Hudson River School and… Read more about this item

Officine grafiche Poligrafici il Resto del Carlino. Soft cover. Good. 30 pages, with Short Bibliography. Special issue in the Tesori d'arte cristiana series (text in English). A survey of the structure begun in the 13th century as a Franciscan gothic church, transformed for Lord of Rimini Sigismondo Malatesta in the 15th century by Alberti's design. Illustrated throughout with… Read more about this item

Officine grafiche Poligrafici il Resto del Carlino, 1967. Soft cover. Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 28 pagine, con Bibliografia essenziale. No. 67 (within Volume IV, Il Rinascimento) in the series Tesori d'arte cristiana features the 15th-century Oratory of Saint Bernardino of Siena, famous for its colorful facade with reliefs by Agostino di Duccio. Magazine format (9-1/4" x… Read more about this item

The Orion Press, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 103 pages, with List of Plates, Chronology, essay on Blake's illuminated books. Plates include illuminations from Songs of Innocence and of Experience; Visions of the Daughters of Albion; The Marriage of Heaven and Hell; prophecies (Europe, America), The Book of Urizen, Milton, Jerusalem. "Plates printed in 6- and 8-color offset on [matte]… Read more about this item