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NY: Sotheby's, 1989. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover. Pictorial binding with silver lettering on cover and spine in good condition, still glossy, with minor wear. 461 Items illustrated in color. Prices Realized Sheet laid in. Clean, bright copy. Record # 385471

Weatherhill, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 239 pages. 266 illustrations including 163 in full color. The batik designs of Java's North Coast are particularly varied in both design and color. With their fanciful, highly imaginative motifs and luminous tints, they are more immediately appealing than the sombre blue and brown batik… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 344 pages. Includes the following essays: Painted and Block-Printed Cloths, Cloths Decorated with Gold & Silver Leaf / Roller-Printed Cloths, Tie-Dyed Cloths / Woven Cloths & Embroideries / History of Indian Textiles, by Zahid Sardar / etc. Color illustrations throughout. Foreword and… Read more about this item

NY: Sotheby's, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, lots # 501- 618. The jewels and personal possessions of the Honorable Clare Boothe Luce, (1903-1987). Editor, playwright, Congresswoman, war correspondent, ambassador and more, Luce was one of the most versatile and accomplished women of her time. A biography and photos of Luce are included,… Read more about this item

NY: Sotheby's, 1989. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, This 499 item catalogue is unpaginated,approximately 500 pages. Color photographs throughout. List of prices realized tucked in. Clean, bright copy. Record # 385470

Lee Publishers Group, 1981. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 285 pages. Preface by Jean Mailey; Introduction by Zhang Ding. Designs in blue and white, fine bright tight copy, unmarked, very good slightly edge-rubbed dj. Collected from the remote areas of China's southwestern provinces, each decorative pattern is rich in beauty and meaning.… Read more about this item

Paris: Zodiaque, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 407 pages plus index. Color and b&w gravure plates, plans of medieval churches of France. French text. A clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket. Record # 403692

NY/Boston: Twelve, 2022. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 841 pages, b&w illustrations, index. Spanning the mid-1970s until just a few days before his death in 1987, THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES is a compendium of the more than twenty thousand pages of the artist's diary that he dictated daily to Pat Hackett. In it, Warhol gives us the ultimate… Read more about this item

UK: Watford Borough Council, 1982. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover. Original card covers. 12 b/w plates, essays, biography. Sir Hubert von Herkomer was a Bavarian-born British painter, pioneering film-director, and composer. Though a very successful portrait artist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered for his earlier works that took a realistic approach to the conditions of life… Read more about this item

NY: Oxford University Press, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 453 pages, b&w illustrations. At the turn of the century, an unprecedented attack on women erupted in virtually every aspect of culture: literary, artistic, scientific, and philosophic. Throughout Europe and America, artists and intellectuals banded together to portray women as static… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Strauss & Young. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Robert Osborn. Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. Paper-covered pictorial boards with black cloth spine & same design dust jacket. A collection of b&w Osborn cartoons. Caustic, witty, and at times deadly serious, these scalpel drawings leave humanity naked and exposed, the result is a cartoonist"s… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1905. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. B&w illustrations with comments pertaining to automobiles from Life magazine. Corner and edge wear and fade, otherwise, spotless and tight copy. Record # 853869

NY: Sotheby's, 1989. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover. Pictorial binding with silver lettering on cover and spine in good condition, still glossy, with minor wear. 407 Items illustrated in color. Clean, bright copy. Record # 385472

Paris: Zodiaque, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 374 pages plus index. Color, b&w gravure photographs, plans of churches, cathedrals, abbeys and monasteries in England. Text in French. Ribbon marker. Record # 403693

London: White House Editions, 1981. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 312 pages. b&w and color photos throughout. Beautifully illustrating the art of the Circus, with thematically arranged chapters. Rare. Folio. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Original slip case decorated by Fred Fowle. Minor wear to slip case opening edge, still very good copy,… Read more about this item

New York: Rizzoli, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 228 pages. B&w and color illustrations throughout. Text and photos tells the stories behind the numerous homes and public buildings of Newport R.I. Brand new copy, still in original shrink wrapping. In mint condition. Record # 605215

London: Oxford University Press, 1979. 1st UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 64 pages of text. 638 photographs. Beautifully illustrating the Hungarian folk art and gives insight into the customs and lore of Hungarian peasantry. Folio. Gray cloth, decorated end papers. Small stain to dust jacket spine. Minute crinkling to spine bottom edge. A very clean, attractive and… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1976. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 220 pages. 176 b&w and color plates, fold outs. Biography of Ernst Trova, self-taught painter and contemporary sculpture artist, known especially for his series entitled Falling Man. White cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt design on front, Very nice, clean and well preserved copy. Looks as… Read more about this item

New York: Watson-Guptill, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 168 pages, 188 b&w illustrations, 83 plates in full color. Tan cloth with red titles, slight stain to front cover. Pictorial yellow dust jacket. Light wear to edges, minor sunning to back cover, else a very ice, tight, clean copy. Record # 606365

Israel/New York: Steimatzky/LeonAmiel, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 191 pages, 50 color and 40 b&w plates. Includes color lithograph at front of book. Blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, bright dust jacket. Record # 405311