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G. Alan Chidsey, Great Neck, NY: 1940, 1940 Hand-made book comprised of artfully pasted-in clippings from Boothe's magazine and news articles, with other design and format elements drawn in by the designer. Thin 4to. Buckram cloth binding. Watkins (1894-1972) was born in New York City. Getting early training with Cecilia Beaux at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - most… Read more about this item

University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia: 1933, 1933 Np. There is a plate on the front cover (loose from it's glued back). The portfolio contains six leaves which include five aquatone plates showing the beautiful Wissahickon in various seasons. Thin folio. Original stiff wraps. Herman Miller (1874-1946) was best known as an architect. He was responsible for over 300 buildings in… Read more about this item

Texas Tech University Press. Lubbock, TX: ., 1988 pp. [12] + 32 leaves Joe Belt's wonderful drawings of the West, cowboys, and Native Americans. Oblong 4to. Original two towned full cloth binding, with an exmple of Joe Belt's autograph in gilt. Good. Many of the drawings would look very niced framed. W14 Rt. Hardcover.

Gibson Bros., Washington, DC: ., 1903 pp. 161, [2] + [23] leaves of plates, illustrations, plans, portraits, etc. 8vo. 230 mm. Original cloth backed red wraps. XLib. Very Good. The Corcoran Gallery of Art was a great art museum in DC. Prior to its closing in 2014, it was one of the oldest privately supported cultural institutions in the United… Read more about this item

That Patchwork Place, Bothel, WA: ., 1991 87 p. Including a handsome Gallery of Quilts in full color. Complete instructions and templates for making quilts employing new patterns and designs, but still looking quite traditional. 4to. FIRST EDITION. Softbound. Very good. ISBN 0943574765. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TEXTILE 3 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good.

M. F. Feheley, Toronto: (1977)., 1977 144 p. Highly illustrated with over 242 photos. Oblong folio. Original cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Near fine copy. PA 013B & PA GER ENG BOX 030 x5. Language: eng. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Dover, NY: (1973)., 1973 58p. + 38 Color Plates. Oblong 4to. Wraps. Invaluable reprint of the great classic first issued in 1938 by the Pennsylvania German Society. PA 014B. Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Good Books, Intercourse, PA: 1995., 1995 119 p. Highly illustrated in color. Oblong 8vo. Original printed wraps. The captivating story of two unusual late 19th century folk artists. Both were Old Order Amish and disabled. Henry Lapp (1862-1904) built simple, beautiful furniture, and painted wonderful folk-art water colors. Barbara Ebersol (1846-1922) is famous for her fraktur bookplates and paintings. A… Read more about this item

The Museum of Modern Art, New York: ()., 1973 216 p. Illustrated with 100 full page photographs. Includes an index of photographers. 4to. Softcover. Original wraps, sun faded. Very good. W101 0.0. Soft cover.

Privately Printed (by the Chiswick Press) London: ., 1923 Volume two (of four) [Drouais-Krantzinger]. pp. x, 172-331 [1]. Beautifully printed on soft unbleached Arnold paper. With many etched, engraved and photogravure plates - some finished in aqua-tint color. Folio. Handsome elaborate full crushed red morocco gilt binding, by Riviere and Son. Top edge gilt. Original slip case. Number 20 of… Read more about this item

Pennsylvania German Society & Free Library, Philadelphia: ., 1976 Two volumes. Oblong 4to. 270 x 245 mm. Not paginated. 1021 Entries. Most illustrated in monochrome or color, and with detailed descriptions. Original full white coarse cloth bindings, lettered in red. A true monument to the craft and creativity of the German American self taught artists of the 18th & 19th… Read more about this item

Pantheon Books, New York: (1976)., 1976 112 p. Profusely illustrated with 174 monochromes. 4to. 275 mm. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. First American edition. Includes works by: Raoul Hausmann, George Grosz, John Heartfield, Hannah Hoch, Johannes Baader, Xanti, Schitomirsky, Mieczyslaw Berman, Youri Rochkov, Gustav Klutsis, Alexandre Rodchenko, Serghei Senkine, Nikolai Prousakov, Mieczyslaw Szczuka, Lissitzky, Paul CItroen, Fritz Lang, Walter Ruttman, Kazimier… Read more about this item

J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia and Cecil Palmer & Hayward, London: ., 1917 pp. (6), 78 p. + Plus four color plates (reproducing the remarkable art work of Frank Brangwyn). Title page printed in gold, and the whole text is framed in gold decorative pictorial borders - all by Brangwyn. The design on the front board is also by him. Small… Read more about this item

Pantheon Books, New York: ()., 1979 Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with photographs by a group of young photographers. 4to. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. First American Edition. Very good. W101 0.0. 1st Edition.. Soft cover.

Privately Printed (by the Chiswick Press) London: ., 1923 Volume four (of four) [Le monument du Costume; Suite de Larmessin pour les Contes de la Fontaine; The Illustrations of Moreau le Jeune for the Works of Jean Jacques Rousseau; Illustrations for the tales of La Fontaine. pp. 497- 641, [1]. Beautifully printed on soft unbleached Arnold paper. With many etched,… Read more about this item

A Touchstone Book Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, et.al.: ()., 1988 pp. xxv, 290, (4) + Portrait Frontis. Illustrated with photographs. Small 4to. 280 mm. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. Touchstone paperback. Very good. W102RtStack 0.0. Soft cover.

Published for the Whitney Museum of American Art; Greenwich House, New York: ()., 1982 255 p. Profusely illustrated with photographs, some in color. Large 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. Originally published in 1974 by Random House. Hardbound. Very Good+. W100 0.0. Hardcover.

An Aperture Book, (Millerton, NY: )., 1973 285 p. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Double column. Folio. Original cloth binding. Original dust jacket, torn and curled. First Edition. Very good. Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958) was a 20th century American photographer. One of the most innovative and influential American photographers, he photographed an increasingly expansive set of subjects, including landscapes, still lifes,… Read more about this item

Random House, New York: ()., 1956 128 p. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Photograph endpapers. Small 4to. 240 mm. Original half cloth and paper binding, slightly worn. First Printing. Very good. Modern digital photographers could benefit by reading various older books on photographic composition, technique, etc. W102RtStack 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Published for the National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC: ., 1978 256 p. Illustrated. Fore edge foxed. Softcover. 4to. 275 mm. Original pictorial wraps. Very good. W101 0.0. Soft cover.