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1 Allen, Grant BELGIUM: ITS CITIES. In Two Volumes, Illustrated.
Boston L.C. Page 1904 First Edition Decorative Cloth Very Good 
Two volumes. pp: xviii, 199; 247, index; two frontispieces, 80 plates. Bound in gilt-armorial cloth, top edges gilt. 7" x 4.5" The author aims to supply the tourist "with such historical and antiquarian information as will enable him to understand, and therefore to enjoy, the architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts of the towns he visits." 
Price: 30.00 USD
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2 Aubert, Marcel & Cecile Goldscheider LE MUSEE RODIN
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" 
Price: 10.00 USD
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3 Barr, Alfred H., Jr. PICASSO: FIFTY YEARS OF HIS ART
NY Museum of Modern Art 1951 Second Edition Decorative Cloth Very Good 
314pp with index; frontispiece and six other plates in full color, b&w plates throughout. 10.25" x 7.5" 
Price: 35.00 USD
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4 Bellavance-Johnson, Marsha GEORGIA O'KEEFFE IN NEW MEXICO
Ketchum, ID Computer Lab 1988 First Edition Pictorial wraps Fine 
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" 
Price: 10.00 USD
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5 Blake, William VISIONS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ALBION: Facsimile edition in full color, published by the Trianon Press.
Paris Trianon Press 1959 Limited Edition Leather-backed boards Fine 
Unpaginated; 11 colotype/pochoir plates. Bound in one-quarter morocco and hand-marbled paper over boards. No slipcase present. 14.5" x 10.25" This is #100 of 446 copies (one of 200 for the UK) printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake. Each page is watermarked with Blake's monogram. Following the facsimile of Blake's 1793 manuscript is a 3-1/2-page Bibliographical Statement by Geoffrey Keynes. 
Price: 500.00 USD
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6 Cogswell, Margaret and others 1913 ARMORY SHOW: 50th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, 1963
NY Henry Street Settlement 1963 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Various illustrators 
212pp; illustrations, some color. 10.75" x 7.5". 
Price: 45.00 USD
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7 Cooper Union Invitation: 62nd ANNUAL RECEPTION AND EXHIBITION OF THE WOMAN'S ART SCHOOL OF COOPER UNION...JUNE 1st, 1921...
NY Cooper Union 1921 First Edition 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" 
Price: 15.00 USD
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8 Deknatel, Frederick B. EDVARD MUNCH: With an introduction by Johan H. Langaard.
NY MOMA 1950 First Edition Pictorial Boards Good 
120pp; 5 color plates, 64 full-page illustrations and text illus in b&w. Top of spine bumped. 10.25" x 7.75" 
Price: 30.00 USD
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9 Descargues, Pierre JACOBSEN: SCULPTURES, 1961-1962
Paris Galerie de France 1963 First Edition Portfolio Very Good 
8pp text, printed in green and sepia on heavy stock; portrait plate of Jacobsen tipped-in, and 11 plates of his sculptures in a flap at the back of the portfolio. 12.5" x 9.5" Limited to 1500 copies, this is number 460. The text, in French, records Descargues' interview with Robert Jacobsen regarding his work. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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10 Dykes, Jeff FIFTY GREAT WESTERN ILLUSTRATORS: A Bibliographic Checklist.
Flagstaff Northland Press 1975 0873581148 / 9780873581141 First Edition Original Cloth Fine Fine Jacket Signed
pp: xiv, 457; 13 color plates, many b&w illustrations. 11.75" x 9" Inscribed and signed by Jeff Dykes: "For Bob--35 years in the making and you are the judge of whether I wasted my time! The best of the compiler--Jeff." Contains more than 6,000 entries -- some 1,400 on Frederic Remington alone. 
Price: 125.00 USD
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11 Eastman Kodak Co. HOW TO USE THE BROWNIE ENLARGING CAMERAS: Nos. 2, 3 and 4.
Rochester, NY Eastman Kodak 1917 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good 
24pp; text illus from drawings. Covers bromide enlarging, step by step: How to Assemble Brownie Enlarging Cameras; Placing Negative in Holder; Loading the Holder; Exposure; Development; Fixing; Washing; Drying; Mounting; What Paper to Use; &c. At the end is a price list of Brownie cameras, papers, developer, etc. 6" x 4.5" 
Price: 12.50 USD
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12 Fleisher, Samuel S. Autograph letter signed (ALS) on his stationery, to Jessie G. Bridgman, Woodstown, NJ, giving his birth date and autograph
Philadelphia 1938 Original manuscript Very Good 
One page, in part: "...It is gratifying to know that you hold me in such high esteem. The date of my birth is November the twenty-seventh, Eighteen hundred and seventy-one.... Sincerely yours, Samuel S. Fleisher." 9.25" x 5.75" The author founded the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, the oldest tuition-free art school in the US. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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13 Frankhauser, Mary E. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF AMERICAN ARTISTS.
Lansing Michigan State Library 1924 Revised & Enlarged Edition Original Wraps Good 
370pp; lower tips chipped from covers and first few leaves, else good. 9" x 6" Lists hundreds of American painters, sculptors, illustrators, mural painters, and etchers. Includes bibliography and periodical references. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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14 Frasconi, Antonio WOODCUTS BY ANTONIO FRASCONI: With Comments by Antonio Frasconi, Joseph Blumenthal and Paul Bennett.
NY E. Weyhe 1957 First Edition Cloth-backed boards Near Fine 
Approximately 100pp of woodcuts. Bound in cloth-backed boards, illustrated in color from woodcuts; in the original woodcut-pictorial slipcase. 7.25" x 4.5" 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. 
Price: 175.00 USD
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15 Frey, Charles H., publisher DRAWING BOOK FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS: Compliments of the One-Price Cash House...the Leader of Low Prices in Boots and Shoes.
Lancaster, PA Charles H. Frey 1889 First Edition Original wraps Very Good 
16pp; 13pp drawings. 7.25" x 5.25" Includes the rules of a drawing contest sponsored by Frey, the Lancaster boot & shoe merchant, using the models in this book. Inside the front cover is promotional text for Frey's large stock and low prices. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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16 Getlein, Frank HARRY JACKSON: Monograph - Catalogue
NY Kennedy Galleries 1969 First Edition Full Calf Very Good Signed
98pp, errata slip; illus throughout from photographs, some color; pictorial endpapers. Bound in full calf; spine ends chipped. In the original, pictorial slipcase. 8.5" x 10.5" DeLuxe Edition, limited to 300 numbered copies, of which this is Number 175. Signed boldly on the title page by Harry Jackson (1925-2011). Laid in is an original etching by Jackson, signed in the plate and dated 1969, and showing a cowboy roping a calf. Also pencil-signed in the margin by Jackson '69. Etching in fine condition. 
Price: 400.00 USD
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17 Gill, Eric ERIC GILL: AUTOBIOGRAPHY
NY Devin-Adair 1941 Catholic Book Club Edition Original Cloth Good 
pp: xv, (i), 300; (23) illus from Gill engravings, colophon. Slight fading along joints. 8.5" x 5.75" 
Price: 20.00 USD
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18 Gill, Eric ERIC GILL: THE ENGRAVINGS. Edited by Christopher Skelton.
Boston David R. Godine 1990 0879238534 / 9780879238537 First US Edition Pictorial Cloth Fine Very Good Jacket 
478pp w/index; illus throughout with 993 Gill engravings, several in color. 12.25" x 9.25" A large, heavy, well-produced book. 
Price: 85.00 USD
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19 Gill, Eric (1882-1940) Autograph Letter Signed (ALS), on his letterhead at Pigotts, North Dean, High Wycombe, 18 June 1929, to Captain Cotton Minchin
Original manuscript Very Good Signed
One page in ink. Concerns the title of an engraving. In part: "...The best title I can think of for the engraving is "La Belle Sauvage." As for my style and title:--Eric Gill, Sculptor and Wood Engraver. No! I have decided not to use the block this year....Eric Gill." 9" x 7" Gill apparently contributed this engraving for "The Legion Book," edited by Minchin and published in 1929. Leading illustrators and writers were solicited for contributions to the book. 
Price: 300.00 USD
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20 Harvard University INDIAN PAINTING: 15th-19th Centuries
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". 
Price: 15.00 USD
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21 Kay, Helen PICASSO'S WORLD OF CHILDREN. With an introduction by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.
NY Doubleday 1951 0385126271 / 9780385126274 First Edition Original Boards Very Good Very Good Jacket 
240pp with index; 190 illustrations, 28 in color. Printed in Italy. 12.75" x 10" 
Price: 25.00 USD
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22 Kellner, Bruce, editor THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: A Historical Dictionary for the Era.
NY Methuen 1987 0416016715 / 9780416016710 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Fine 
pp: xliii, 476, index; 10pp illus from photographs. 9" x 6" 
Price: 25.00 USD
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23 Mack, Gerstle TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
NY Alfred A. Knopf 1942 2nd printing Original cloth Very Good Very Good Jacket 
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". 
Price: 25.00 USD
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24 Marks Brothers CATALOGUE OF ACCESSORIES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR PYROGRAPHY (WOOD BURNING) AND METAL TAPPING
Boston Marks Brothers 1930 First Edition Original wraps Very Good 
12pp; illustrations; several leaves slightly dog-eared. 9" x 5.75" Has instructions for wood-burning with an "electric pencil" and metal-tapping (hammering designs on a wood-based brass plate). This trade catalog shows the many available designs and gives prices for each (5 to 25 cents), including Western scenes, flowers, famous Americans, seascapes, etc.) 
Price: 20.00 USD
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25 National Academy of Design ART SCHOOLS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN: 109th Street & Amsterdam Avenue, City of New York: 101st Year.
NY National Academy of Design 1926 First Edition Original wraps Very Good 
45pp; 15pp illus from photographs. 9" x 6" Has information on the history of the Academy, study courses, exhibitions, lectures, competitions, list of members, &c. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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26 National Academy of Design ART SCHOOLS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN: 109th Street & Amsterdam Avenue, City of New York: 105th Year.
NY National Academy of Design 1930 First Edition Original wraps Very Good 
43pp; 13pp illus from photographs. 9" x 6" Has information on the history of the Academy, study courses, exhibitions, lectures, competitions, list of members, &c. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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27 National Academy of Design ART SCHOOLS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN: 109th Street & Amsterdam Avenue, City of New York: 106th Year.
NY National Academy of Design 1931 First Edition Original wraps Good 
47pp; 19pp illus from photographs. 9" x 6". Has information on the history of the Academy, study courses, exhibitions, lectures, competitions, list of members, &c. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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28 New Yorker THE COMPLETE NEW YORKER: Every Page of Every Issue on Eight DVD-Roms, with a Companion Book of Highlights. Introduction by David Remnick.
NY The New Yorker 2005 1400064740 / 9781400064748 First Edition Portfolio Fine 
Book and 8 dvd-roms in original portfolio, never used. 12.25" x 9.25" DVDs for computer use only. 
Price: 75.00 USD
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29 Pennell, E.R. & J. THE LIFE OF JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER
Philadelphia Lippincott 1919 Revised Edition Original Cloth Very Good 
pp: xxii, 454, index; 98pp illus on coated stock; tips of boards bumped. 8.5" x 6.25" This sixth edition, delayed until the close of World War I, contains "new material and new illustrations." 
Price: 20.00 USD
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30 Platon, N. A GUIDE TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF HERACLION
Heraclion, Crete Museum 1957 Second Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Fine 
pp: 162, (2) 14pp illus from photographs, two folding floor plans. 8.5" x 5.5" According to the foreword, this second edition contains few additions or changes. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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