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, .   JAPAN'S ANCIENT SCULPTURE: 50 SELECTED NATIONAL TREASURES  
Tokyo: Mainichi Newspapers, 1970. 88 pages. Hardcover. Fifty principally Buddist sculptures presented in large format full color plates. Text in English & Japanese. Blue cloth boards, 14.5" x 10.5" Printed on heavy stock. Very Nice.
Fine/No Jacket. # A2756. $17.00     Inquire Now  
Alpatov, M.W.   ART TREASURES OF RUSSIA  
New York: Abrams, 1967. 178 pages. Hardcover. A nice history of Russia's Christian heritage in architecture, art, icons, murals and more. 104 hand-tipped color plates. On very heavy paper stock.
Near Fine/VG. # A2761. $37.00     Inquire Now  
Amiranashvili, Shalva.   GEORGIAN METALWORK: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE 18TH CENTURY  
London: Hamlyn, 1971. 1st ed. 175 pages. Hardcover. 0600100189 0-600-10018-9. 109 color photos trace the development of Georgian metelwork from earliest times with objects in two museums in Tbilisi, the capital of the Georgian Republic. Photos by Karel Neubert.
Fine/Fine. # A3520. $16.50     Inquire Now  
Archbold, Rick.   KEN MARSCHALL'S ART OF TITANIC  
New York: Hyperion, 1998. 1st ed. 159 pages. Hardcover. 0786864559 0-7868-6455-9. A complete gallery of the Titanic art of Ken Marschell, with a foreword by James Cameron.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Book and Dj appear as new. # B0292. $35.00     Inquire Now  
Arnold, Arnold.   PICTURE & STORIES FROM FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS  
New York: Dover, 1969. 1st ed. 170 pages. Paperback. 0486220419 0-486-22041-9. A history of children's literature illustrated with hundreds of woodcuts & engravings. Contains many rhymes on morals & manners, fairy tales, ABCs, humor & riddles.
Good+/Wraps. # A3575. $7.50     Inquire Now  
Arseni, Ercole; Leone Bosi, & Massimo Ma.   WALT DISNEY MAGIC MOMENTS  
Milan, Italy: Arnoldo Mondadori Editio, 1973. 1st ed. 191 pages. Hardcover. Produced in collaboration with Walt Disney Productions to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Disney Brothers Studios. Color illustrations throughout.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, no marks. # B0763. $24.50     Inquire Now  
Associated Press, .   INSTANT IT HAPPENED  
New York: Abrams, 1975. 1st ed. 247 pages. Hardcover. 0810903768 0-8109-0376-8. A collection of emotional, newsworthy, and prize-winning b/w photos, spanning 112 years from Mathew Brady's shot of the battlefield at Antietam in 1862 to Nixon taking his leave August 1974.
Fine/Fine. Perfectly clean, tight. No fade or bumps. Dj has no chips or wear. # A9144. $60.00     Inquire Now  
Bares, Sandy.   NOT JUST TIED ON  
Spartanburg, SC: Finish Line, 1989. Paperback. Full size patterns, detailed painting and finishing instructions for 17 designs to be used on scarves or clothing.
VG/Wraps. Staple removed, cover separating along crease, o/w appears unused. # A8554. $7.00     Inquire Now  
Beckman, Max.   MAX BECKMAN 1948  
St. Louis: City Art Mus. St. Louis, 1948. 1st ed. 114 pages. Paperback. Catalogue of a retrospective exhibition in St. Louis, 1948. Chronology, gallery holdings, 43 pages of b/w plates.
VG/Wraps. Cover a bit faded, else Near Fine. # A7411. $25.00     Inquire Now  
Bertelsmann, Heinz & Elizabeth.   THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER  
New York: Hudson Hill Press, 1981. 1st ed. 128 pages. Hardcover. 74 full-colour plates showing the "abstract" art within nature as well as man-made objects. On quality stock.
Fine/Fine. # A2747. $18.00     Inquire Now  
Binyon, Laurence, & William Blake.   THE ENGRAVED DESIGNS OF WILLIAM BLAKE  
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. 1st ed. Hardcover. History and extensive catalog listing of 476 of Blake's engravings in various printed books. 82 b/w engravings presented here, each on their own page. Decorative paper boards over white cloth.
Good+/No Jacket. Some edge and corner wear to paper cover. # A8239. $110.00     Inquire Now  
Black Book Photography, .   EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL AR100 BACK BOOK AWARD SHOW (18TH, AR 100 2003)  
Kew Gardens, NY: The Black Book, Inc., 2003. 18th ed. 307 pages. Boards. 0942454871 0-942454-87-1. The Black Book 100 for 2003. Great source for advertising photography agencies and photographers.
Fine/No Jacket. # B0748. $21.00     Inquire Now  
Blake, William, & H.J.C. Grierson.   WILLIAM BLAKE'S DESIGNS FOR GRAY'S POEMS (1/650 LTD, 1922)  
London: Oxford University Press, 1922. Limited ed. Hardcover. Reproduced full-size in monochrome or colour from the unique copy belonging to His Grace The Duke of Hamilton. Intro by Grierson. Large folio, 15 x 20 inch format in brick red cloth. Outstanding volume with 166 b/w and 6 color prints, top edge gilt. Limited edition # 128 of 650 copies.
VG/No Jacket. Interior ok, binding strong, covers show some dirt and air bubbles. # A8241. $385.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bodmer, H.   FEUERBACH  
Leipzig: Wilhelm Goldman Verlag, 1942. 128 pages. Hardcover. The works of Feuerbach. 128 B/w and 10 color/toned plates. Text in German.
Good/No Jacket. Spine torn and hinges weak, but interior nice. # A5980. $18.00     Inquire Now  
Bragdon, Bill.   PILLOW PEOPLE: NEEDLEPOINT DESIGNS FOR 40 UNUSUAL DOLL PILLOWS  
New York: Hawthorne Books, 1976. 1st ed. 116 pages. Paperback. 0801558751 0-8015-5875-1. Patterns and instructions for making humorous people pillows.
Near Fine/Wraps. Very light shelfwear. # A7320. $12.00     Inquire Now  
Brennan, Rebecca.   DECORATING WITH SOUTHERN LIVING  
Birmingham: Oxmoor House, 1990. Reprint. 224 pages. Hardcover. 0848707729 0-8487-0772-9. Color photos, drawings, and glossary fill this source for decorating ideas you can use to make your space gracious & livable.
Fine/Fine. # A6701. $12.50     Inquire Now  
Brodskaya, N.   MASTERS OF WORLD PAINTING: HENRI ROUSSEAU  
New York: Abrams, 1977. 1st ed. Paperback. With an introductory biography & 15 tipped-in plates this large size book gives a nice over-view of the artist. Printed & published in Leningrad, USSR, by Aurora Art Publishers.
VG/Wraps. Light shelf wear, corner of back cover has been folded. # A3723. $19.00     Inquire Now  
Caniff, Milton.   MALE CALL: 112 OF THE GI COMIC STRIPS BY THAT NAME FEATURING THE EFFORTLESS WAR ACTIVITIES OF MISS LACE  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1945. Reprint. Boards.
VG/Good. Dj corners chipped, edgewear. # B0539. $24.00     Inquire Now  
Canon Cameras, .   CANON DIGITAL REBEL EOS 300-D DIGITAL 300D MANUALS (SPANISH)  
Tokyo: CanonInc., 2003. Paperback. Two SPANISH language factory manuals: Pocket sized guide to using the camera (CT1-4104-004) 135 pages. Trade paperback sized manual for using the software (EOS Digital Solutions version 6.0). No software.
Fine/Wraps. # A8875. $12.00     Inquire Now  
Cavin, Tony.   BRIGHT RED PORCUPINE  
New York: Harlin Quist, 1969. 1st ed. Hardcover. 0825200334 0-8252-0033-4. Book of poems by a twelve year old child of the 60's, illustrated by Nicole Claveloux.
Fine/VG. White Dj has 1/2" tear & light foxing. # A4259. $18.00     Inquire Now  
Cordello, Becky Stevens.   CELEBRATIONS  
New York: Butterick Publishing, 1977. 311 pages. Hardcover. 0884210340 0-88421-034-0. Holiday ideas featuring recipes, games, decorations, and crafts for 25 occasions. Filled with line drawings and 32 color plates.
VG/Good+. Clean, tight, no marks. Dj has several 1"-2" tears, in mylar. # A8546. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Cordello, Becky Stevens.   NEEDLEWORK CLASSICS  
New York: Butterick, 1976. 1st ed. 128 pages. Hardcover. Nostalgic designs from the Butterick archives for decorating clothing & accessories, along with design histories & instructions for their use.
Fine/Near Fine. # A4089. $11.00     Inquire Now  
Cyphers, Emma H.   FLOWER ARRANGEMENT AT THE CROSSROADS  
Boston: Christopher Publishing, 1953. 1st ed. 219 pages. Hardcover. A book for the advanced student of flower arrangement with challenging new ideas. Book is tight, has darkened area on FEP from note paper left in. Remains of address label on FEP. Corners square.
VG/VG. Dj without chips or tears, but darkened some on spine. Edges foxed. # A9033. $20.00     Inquire Now  
Daumier, & Jean Adhemar.   DAUMIER-BUSINESSMEN AND FINANCE  
New York: Vilo, 1983. 144 pages. Hardcover. Text & notes by Jean Adhemar. Book still in publisher's shrink-wrap. .
As New/As New. # A6414. $31.00     Inquire Now  
Davidson, Marshall B.   LIFE IN AMERICA (2 VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASES)  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1951. 1076 pages. Hardcover. "The story of the American Adventure form the medieval dream of a western paradise to the complex society of today" Wasn't post-war America just so fun, just & right. Here's the story of how we got there. Over 1,200 b/w illustrations help present the American experience. In two slipcases.
Near Fine/Good+. One dj has spine chips, else VG in slightly edgeworn slipcases. # A5625. $26.00     Inquire Now  
Davies, Ken.   ARTIST AT WORK  
New York: Watson-Guptill, 1978. 1st ed. 144 pages. Hardcover. 0823025780 0-8230-2578-0. After a short biographical introduction, the author tells all about his materials and methods.
Near Fine/Good+. Gift inscrip and American Artist 10 cent stamp on FEP. Dj edgeworn. # B1016. $9.50     Inquire Now  
Davis, Mildred J.   ART OF CREWEL EMBROIDERY  
New York: Bonanza, 1962. 1st ed. 224 pages. Hardcover. First printing. No name or writing. Clean, tight, bright, square, no bumps or shelf wear. Small, light soil spot on top, o/w like new. Everything you should know about crewel embroidery is in this book.
Very Fine/Very Fine. # A8190. $24.00     Inquire Now  
Davis, Mary Kay.   NEEDLEWORK DOCTOR: HOW TO SOLVE EVERY KIND OF NEEDLEWORK PROBLEM  
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1982. 288 pages. Hardcover. 0136110878 0-13-611087-8. All types of needlework, from needlepoint,to surface stitchery, to counted thread embroidery, are treated in this textbook.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, no marks. Dj has slightest wear to extremes. # A8527. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Davis, Kenneth S., & Frieda Kay Fall.   THE EISENHOWER COLLEGE COLLECTION: THE PAINTINGS OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (LIMITED ED., FULL LEATHER)  
Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1972. Limited ed. 160 pages. Leather. 0840212895 0-8402-1289-5. Well done volume presents 50 color reproductions of Ike's art work. Biographical background and b/w photos from his life. Large 17 x 11 inch format in full genuine tan & brown leather with photo inset. # 1,161 of 1,500 limited edition copies. 8 lbs. Nice.
Near Fine/No Jacket. # A8555. $75.00     Inquire Now  
De Tolnay, Charles.   MICHELANGELO: SCULPTOR, PAINTER, ARCHITECT  
Princeton: Princeton Univ., 1975. 535 pages. Hardcover. 0691038767 0-691-03876-7. A distillation of the five volume study of Michelangelo's career and achievements. 283 pages plus 385 plates of sculptures, paintings, and architectural works. In mylar.
VG/VG. Foxed top & boards, o/w clean, tight. Dj clipped, two 1/2" tears. # A8861. $26.00     Inquire Now  
Dickey, James.   JERICHO: THE SOUTH BEHELD  
Birmingham: Oxmoor House, 1974. 1st ed. 165 pages. Hardcover. Two talents, one a painter, the other a poet, traveling separately through the South, join their impressions in this large book. 12.5 x 16 inches.
VG/Near Fine. No chips or tears on dj, owner bookplate, o/w Near Fine. # B0924. $21.00     Inquire Now  
Dockstader, Frederick J.   INDIAN ART IN AMERICA: THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN  
New York: Promontory Press, No Date. Reprint. 224 pages. Hardcover. 0883940086 0-88394-008-6. Nice study of pottery, baskets, clothing and objects of American Indians. 69 Color plates, 180 b/w illustratoins. Not dated, but 1973 or so.
Fine/VG. Minor edgewear to dj. # A6452. $22.00     Inquire Now  
Donna Garden Club, .   ARRANGEMENTS ON PARADE 1950, 1951, 1953  
Mission, TX: Times Publishing Co.,. Paperback. Volumes for 1950, 1951, and 1953 by the Donna, Texas Garden Club in connection with the Texas Flower Festival. Photos of hundreds of arrangements w/description and name of designer on each.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight. 1951 has PON inside and some edgewear on cover. # A9871. $15.00     Inquire Now  
Duncan, David Douglas.   PRISMATICS: EXPLORING A NEW WORLD  
New York: Harper & Row,. 1st ed. 98 pages. Hardcover. 0060111283 0-06-011128-3. Forty-two color photos made with prisms & exotic lenses, with a 12 page appendix in which the author shares what he has learned about using these lenses.
VG/VG. # A3694. $6.50     Inquire Now  
Ernest, John, & Dennis Gilbert.   TITIAN: MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR  
London: Batchworth Press, 1961. Paperback. A biographical introduction of seven pages by John Ernest is followed by 11 tipped in plates with a page of notes on each by Dennis Gilbert. There is also a plate pasted to front cover w/notes inside.
Near Fine/Wraps. # A5682. $11.50     Inquire Now  
Ewers, John C.   ARTISTS OF THE OLD WEST  
Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. Revised ed. 240 pages. Hardcover. 0385044747 0-385-04474-7. Enlarged edition by Chanticleer Press of 1965 pictorial record of the pioneer artists who explored the plains & mountains of the trans- Mississippi, including Peale, Catlin, Miller & others. Nice.
Fine/No Jacket. # A2907. $22.00     Inquire Now  
Fabri, Raloh.   PAINTING CITYSCAPES  
New York: Watson-Guptill, no date. 192 pages. Hardcover. Heavily illustrated with demonstrations in oil, watercolor, polymer, casein & pastel. Offers help with composition, perspective, color, lights & shadows, textures & architectural styles.
Near Fine/VG. 3/8" tear top front of Dj near spine, price clipped. # A3728. $7.50     Inquire Now  
Fairbanks, Jonathan L.   FRONTIER AMERICA: THE FAR WEST  
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1975. 233 pages. Hardcover. 0878460861 0-87846-086-1. Catalogue of exhibition of pictorial, decorative, and functional arts from the western United States during the nineteenth century, with a section on Indian arts from prehistoric times to colonization.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, no marks. Dj slight wear tips of spine. Embossed silver. # B0827. $20.00     Inquire Now  
Ferrari, Enrique Lafuente.   GOYA: THE FRESCOS IN SAN ANTONIO DE LA FLORIDA IN MADRID  
Geneva: Skira, 1955. 1st ed. 151 pages. Hardcover. A critical & technical study of the frescos in the dome of the church of San Antonio painted in 1798, illustrated with 42 large tipped-in color plates.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Dj p/c, in publisher's plain slipcase. # A3523. $24.00     Inquire Now  
Flesher, Irene.   PRESSED FLOWER PICTURE BOOK  
New York: Butterick Publishing, 1978. 192 pages. Paperback. 0884210561 0-88421-056-1. The art of collecting, pressing, arranging and framing garden and wild flowers for your home. Illustrated throughout with b/w & color photos and drawings.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, no marks or creases. # A8553. $7.00     Inquire Now  
Frankel, David.   MASTERPIECES: THE BEST LOVED PAINTINGS FROM AMERICA'S MUSEUMS  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 1st ed. 162 pages. Hardcover. 0684801973 0-684-80197-3. Thirty-three of America's most popular paintings, as indicated by museum-goers, are displayed in this book along with info about the artist, his technique, the subject, and the museum.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Has a remainder mark on bottom. Dj has a 1" mended tear at back flap. # A8561. $10.00     Inquire Now  
Frary, Michael.   WATERCOLORS OF THE RIO GRANDE  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1984. 1st ed. 131 pages. Hardcover. 0890962073 0-89096-207-3. 48 lovely watercolor paintings trace the Rio Grande over 1,880 miles from its headwaters on the Continental Divide, through the southwest, the canyons of Big Bend and onward to the Gulf. 11 x 9 format.
As New/As New. # 02175. $14.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Gannon, Ruth.   WINTER BOUQUETS WITH COLOR THE ART OF ARRANGING DRIED FLOWERS  
New York: Studio Publications, 1949. 72 pages. Hardcover. PON inked FEP, o/w clean and tight. B/w pictures throughout. Dj is insect nibbled on edges, and spine top chipped.
Near Fine/VG. # A9053. $12.00     Inquire Now  
Gelman, editor, Steve.   LIFE PRESENTS 30 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1960-1990  
New York: Time, 1990. 192 pages. Wraps. Thirty years of U.S. and World history preserved in photos from the magazines of Time,Inc.
As New/Wraps. Completely unmarked in any way-appears new. # A8287. $18.50     Inquire Now  
Gentling, Stuart and Scott.   OF BIRDS AND TEXAS  
Austin: U.T. Press, 2001. 1st ed. 224 pages. Hardcover. 0292728344 0-292-72834-4. Smaller, book format version of the rare limited edition folio edition done in 1986, this version has 30 additional illustrations. 10 x 13 inch format, on heavy stock. Highly recommended. A.C. Greene called the original folio edition "the most stunning and prodigious book in Texas History (and possibly forever)."
As New/As New. # 22275. $75.00     Inquire Now  
Gill, D. M.   DISCOVERING ART: KLIMT THE LIFE, TIMES AND WORK OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST ARTISTS  
London: Brockhampton, 1996. 88 pages. Paperback. 1841860948 1-84186-094-8.
As New/Wraps. New book, no remainder mark. # A8721. $10.50     Inquire Now  
Glanfield, Colin.   TECHNIQUES OF FILTERS AND SPECIAL EFFECT PHOTOGRAPHY  
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1982. 128 pages. Hardcover. 0890095612 0-89009-561-2. Author explores the use of filters, prism, soft focuts, color effects, close-ups, multiple exposure, infared, etc. Nice color photos, tasteful nudes.
Good+/Good+. Front free endpaper removed. # A7889. $7.95     Inquire Now  
Greene, intro, A.C.   TEXAS ON MY MIND: THE BEST OF TEXAS IN WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS  
Helena, MT: Falcon, 1989. 120 pages. Hardcover. 0937959693 0-937959-69-3.
Fine/Fine. As new, clean, tight, bright, unmarked. # B0479. $20.00     Inquire Now  
Guerman, Mikhail.   ART OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION  
New York: Abrams, 1979. 1st Am. ed. Hardcover. 0810906759 0-8109-0675-9. This book, produced in the Soviet Union with over 400 illustrations, offers an opportunity to sample the full range of the creative efforts of Russian artists in the years 1917-1923.
As New/As New. # A7177. $150.00     Inquire Now  
Gumpert, Thekla (Hrsg).   TOCHTER-ALBUM. UNTERHALTUNGEN IM HAUSLICHEN KREISE ZUR BILDUNG DES VERSTANDES UND GEMšTES DER HERANWACHSENDEN WEIBLICHEN JUGEND.  
Glogau: Carl Flemming, Verlag,. 597 pages. Hardcover. German language album of history and culture. Many b/w illustrations and page flourishes, with over 20 chromoliths. Not dated but 1898 or just after. Band 50. (Volume 50).
Good+/No Jacket. Light wear and soil to cream colored boards. # A4911. $36.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hagner, Lillie May.   TOURING TEXAS THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST  
Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1967. 396 pages. Hardcover. The author travels the state producing nice pencil sketches of historic buildings and scenic places, complete with commentary. A bit on buildings demolished for Hemisphere in San Antonio. 208 etchings.
Fine/Near Fine. # A2497. $24.00     Inquire Now  
Harper, editor, Sally.   COMPLETE WATERCOLOR ARTIST MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES, COLOR THEORY, COMPOSITION, STYLE, SUBJECT  
Edison, NJ: Chartwell, 2001. Reprint. 224 pages. Hardcover. 0785800352 0-7858-0035-2. Choosing marterials, and step-by-step instruction for traditional techniques & experimental ideas.
Near Fine/Fine. Light shelf-wear at bottom of spine, o/w clean & tight, looks new. # A7475. $22.00     Inquire Now  
Herrmann, Frank.   SELECTED PAINTINGS AT THE NORTON SIMON MUSEUM PASADENA, CALIFORNI  
London: Scala/Philip Wilson, 1980. 144 pages. Paperback. 0856670936 0-85667-093-6. A catalog of paintings collected by Norton Simon.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. # A8425. $5.50     Inquire Now  
Heusinger, Lutz.   MICHELANGELO COMPLETE WORKS  
Firenze, Italy: Innocenti, no date. 96 pages. Paperback. Photos in b/w and color illustrate this collection of Michelangelo's work.
Good+/Wraps. Spine has been covered with clear tape. Light edgewear. # A9659. $5.00     Inquire Now  
Hillier, Bevis.   CONNOISSEUR COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANTIQUES  
London: Peerage, 1983. Reprint. 704 pages. Hardcover. 0907408052 0-907408-05-2. Great range of information unequaled in other books with 500 color & 500 b/w photos, 360 line drawings, glossary of technical terms & bibliography.
VG/VG. # A5147. $8.50     Inquire Now  
Hjerter, Kathleen G.   THE ART OF TOM LEA: A MEMORIAL EDITION  
College Station: Texas A & M, 2003. Reprint. 252 pages. Hardcover. 1585442828 1-58544-282-8. Fine retrospective on one of Texas' best artists. B/w & color plates show his work which varies from his distinctive western murals to his experiences in World War II. A memorial edition with new afterword by Becky Duval Reese.
As New/As New. A NEW copy in dj. # 23552. $48.00     Inquire Now  
Hoffmann, Herbert.   TEN CENTURIES THAT SHAPED THE WEST GREEK AND ROMAN ART IN TEXAS COLLECTIONS  
Houston: Rice University, 1971. 1st ed. 502 pages. Hardcover. Catalog of exhibition put together by several Texas museums in 1969. B/w photos of hundreds of items with their descriptions by the author. Tan cloth.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, tight, no name or marks. Several small rubbed spots on cover. # B0771. $28.00     Inquire Now  
Horan, James D.   GREAT AMERICAN WEST: A PICTORIAL HISTORY FROM CORONADO  
New York: Bonanza, 1959. 1st ed. 288 pages. Hardcover. 0517005824 0-517-00582-4. An account notable not only for its comprehensivness, but also for its amazing collection of photographs showing all aspects of the West as it really was. Sixguns 1028.
Very Fine/Very Fine. # A2172. $14.00     Inquire Now  
Horan, James D.   LIFE AND ART OF CHARLES SCHREYVOGEL, PAINTER-HISTORIAN OF THE INDIAN-FIGHTING ARMY OF THE AMERICAN WEST  
New York: Crown Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. Large format (16 x 12 inch) folio with b/w and planinum gravure prints and a section of 36 full page, single-page color plates.
Near Fine/Good+. Several minor short closed tears along dj edges. # B0576. $37.50     Inquire Now  
Horgan, Paul.   PETER HURD: A PORTRAIT SKETCH FROM LIFE  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1965. 1st ed. 68 pages. Hardcover. Six color and 16 b/w images accompany Horgan's biography of the southwestern artist.
Fine/Near Fine. # B0029. $15.00     Inquire Now  
Ives, Colta, & Susan A. Stein.   THE LURE OF THE EXOTIC: GAUGUIN IN NEW YORK COLLECTIONS SLIPCASED  
New Haven: Yale Univ., 2002. 245 pages. Hardcover. 0300093713 0-300-09371-3. A fine hardcover and slipcase edition of the catalogue for the exibition in New York, funded by SUEZ.
As New/No Jacket. New book in slipcase, both flawless. # B0047. $80.00     Inquire Now  
Jones, Chuck.   CHUCK AMUCK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF AN ANIMATED CARTOONIST (SIGNED)  
New York: Avon Books, 1990. Reprint. 303 pages. Paperback. 0380712148 0-380-71214-8. Fun autobiography of the late wiley wascal creator of some great Looney Toons characters. B/w illus. throughout, 8 pages color plates. SIGNED & INSCRIBED "To David - Chuck Jones". Intro by Speilberg.
Fine/Wraps. A very nice copy. First Avon printing. # A7094. $55.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jones, Edgar R.   THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS A HAPPY LOOK AT AMERICAN ADVERTISING, 1880-1930  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. 1st ed. 448 pages. Hardcover. 0671245988 0-671-24598-8. Furniture, automobiles, health & beauty aids, every thing an American could want, need or be made to want through advertising is in this collection of print advertisements. Book spine faded where Dj chipped
Near Fine/Good+. Dj is price clipped, chipped on extremities. Book clean & tight. # A7820. $14.00     Inquire Now  
Keyser, Eugenie de.   THE ROMANTIC WEST: 1789-1850  
Geneva: Skira, 1965. 1st ed. 210 pages. Hardcover. Beautiful art works depicting scenes and moments in western European civilization (not the American West). All are full-color tipped in plates.
Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dj with slipcase. # A6450. $30.00     Inquire Now  
Knight, Mary G.   WEATHERED WOOD WITH FLOWERS  
New York: William Morrow, 1968. 1st ed. 127 pages. Hardcover. Where to find weathered wood, how to clean, join, and design arrangements with it are covered in this helpful book. Seasonal, abstract, holiday & general designs are pictured in b/w & color. Includes guides for point-scoring in shows. 12 pages in color and 55 b/w photos.
Near Fine/Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked. Foxed endpapers & edges. Dj has 2 closed tears # A9156. $10.00     Inquire Now  
Knox, Gerald.   BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS PAINTED CRAFTS  
New York: Meredith Press, 1990. 192 pages. Hardcover. 0696016354 0-696-01635-4. How-tos, ideas, directions and patterns for lots of projects, including home decor, furniture, toys, gifts, and Christmas.
Fine/No Jacket. No marks, clean and tight. # A8529. $3.00     Inquire Now  
Knox, Gerald.   COUNTRY STYLE: DECORATING, COLLECTIBLES AND HOMES  
Des Moines, IA: Better Homes/Gerdens, 1988. Reprint. 256 pages. Hardcover. 0696016702 0-696-01670-2. 300 photos in and around some of America's most delightful country settings will give you ideas to use for your own place.
Fine/Fine. # A6678. $14.50     Inquire Now  
Koga, editor, Ruriko.   DIAGRAPHICS II  
Tokyo: Japan Creators' Assoc., 1994. 1st ed. 328 pages. Hardcover. 4931154212 4-9311542-1-2. The second volume of the most complete collection of creative diagrams ever assembled to introduce outstanding work from artists throughout the world.
Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine Dj. # B0008. $110.00     Inquire Now  
Lawton, Thomas.   FREER: A LEGACY OF ART  
New York: Freer Gallery / Abrams, 1993. Reprint. 272 pages. Paperback. 0810933152 0-8109-3315-2. History of the Freer Gallery and its holdings. B/w & color illustrations, index, notes.
As New/Wraps. # A5681. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Lee, Sherman E.   A HISTORY OF FAR EASTERN ART  
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall/Abrams, 1964. 1st ed. 528 pages. Hardcover. A survey of art in the east from Neolithic Age to early twentieth century. 716 illustrations, including 60 colorplates, plus map and chart. Not dated, but with a 1964 LC Number.
Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj has no chips, rubs or tears. # A9961. $15.00     Inquire Now  
Levallois; d'Angelis;, & Fregnac.   LES CHATEAUX DE I'ILE DE FRANCE  
France: Librairie Hachette, 1965. 324 pages. Hardcover. A look at the grand French Chateauxs and villas including: Gatinais; Vexin; Hurepoix; Valois; Ile-de-France; Mantois, Beauce; Brie Francaise; Brie Champenoise. B/w & color photos. 7 lbs ship weight.
Near Fine/VG. Dj has minor edge wear. else Near Fine. Book quite nice. # A8129. $25.00     Inquire Now  
Ligges, Wulf.   DER NIEDERRHEIN: MIT EINER EINFUGHRUNG UND BILDTEXTEN VON K.H. BODENSIEK  
Koln: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1966. Hardcover. Very nice b/w photography, principally of German architecture and some landscapes.
VG/Fair. Dj torn and mended. # B0603. $11.00     Inquire Now  
Louisiana Garden Club, .   LOUISIANA ARRANGES FLOWERS  
Franklin, LA: LA Garden Club Federatio, 1956. 1st ed. 64 pages. Paperback. Fifty-nine winning flower arrangements made from Louisiana materials are pictured with descriptions.
Near Fine/Wraps. Lightly silver-fished, but no creases or edgewear. Age darkenrd. # A9446. $20.00     Inquire Now  
Lowman, Al.   THIS BITTERLY BEAUTIFUL LAND: A TEXAS COMMONPLACE BOOK  
Austin: Roger Beacham, 1972. Limited ed. 54 pages. Hardcover. A collection of 41 short (usually less than one page) descriptions of the Texas outdoors by numerous authors including Dobie, Haley, Lea, Walt Whitman, Sam Houston, David Crockett, Cabeza de Vaca, Hastings, Tolbert, Sweet, Smithwick, Ransom & others. Block prints by Barabara Whitehead. Intro by Hertzog. Limited to 275 copies on nice handmade, deckle edged English paper. Designed & printed by William R. Holman. A highly desired Texas fine press item.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Bit of wear to small paper spine label, else Very Fine. # A6426. $895.00     Inquire Now  
Maberry, Robert.   TEXAS FLAGS: SYMBOL OF THE LONE STAR STATE (1ST ED.)  
Houston: MFA Houston & Texas A&M, 2001. 1st ed. 224 pages. Hardcover. 1585441511 1-58544-151-1. Excellent history of the various flags and banners in the history of Texas. 117 color illustrations, 29 b/w images. Bibliography, indexed. 1st printing of 3,500 is now sold out at A & M.
As New/As New. # 22417. $41.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
MacQuitty, William.   WORLD IN FOCUS  
Surrey, England: Colour Library Intnl., 1977. 2nd ed. 191 pages. Hardcover. 0851527183 0-85152-718-3. Hundreds of color photos from around the world illustrate the diversity of people, cultures & scenery. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke
Near Fine/Near Fine. # A3692. $6.50     Inquire Now  
Marcus, editor, George H.   TREASURES OF THE PHILADELPHIA ART MUSEUM  
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum, 1973. 1st ed. 112 pages. Hardcover. 104 works presented as an introduction to the wealth of material collected during the first century of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Illustrated with b/w & color photos.
VG/No Jacket. Book is clean, tight. Pictorial cover has wear to spine ends, corners. # A8545. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Mathey, Francois.   THE IMPRESSIONISTS  
New York: Praeger, 1967. Reprint. 290 pages. Hardcover. 172 color and b/w photos present the history and work of the major impressionists.
Fine/Good+. Dj somewhat worn. # A7701. $7.95     Inquire Now  
McClinton, Katherine Morrison.   CHANGING CHURCH  
New York: Morehouse-Gorham, 1957. 1st ed. 144 pages. Hardcover. Many b/w photos & drawings describe how to design, build & embellish churches to suit the needs of the people in the second half of the twentieth century. Dj has small chips to extremes.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Dj, boards & top edge darkened with age. Owner's name on FEP. # A4086. $30.00     Inquire Now  
Menil Foundation, .   THE MENIL COLLECTION: A SELECTION FROM THE PALEOLITHIC TO THE MODERN ERA  
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987. 320 pages. Paperback. 0810923300 0-8109-2330-0. Samples from Houston's gem of a museum, The Menil Collection. Color photos on very heavy stock.
Fine/Wraps. Fine, an immaculate copy. # B0562. $24.00     Inquire Now  
Meyer, Susan E.   AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS  
New York: Galahad Books, 1987. Reprint. 311 pages. Hardcover. 0883656450 0-88365-645-0. Oversize book with a biography and anecdotes of each artist and a great many examples of the work of each in color and black and white.
Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Bright Dj has slight wear top of spine. # B1054. $19.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mitchell, Sharon.   LLADRO COLLECTORS SOCIETY EXPRESSIONS MAGAZINE VOL. 9  
New York: Lladro Collectors, 1993. 120 pages. Paperback. Four magazines complete issue for year 1993.
Near Fine/Wraps. Slight spine rub, o/w fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. # A9421. $60.00     Inquire Now  
Mitchell, Sharon.   LLADRO COLLECTORS SOCIETY EXPRESSIONS MAGAZINE SPRING 1995 VOL. 11 NO. 1 TENTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE  
New York: LLadro Collectors Sociey, 1995. 31 pages. Paperback. Displays 10 years of members only figurines. Also contains a tour of 'Porcelain City' and a short history of porcelain making around the world. Includes reference index to Expressions editions from Spring 1990 to Winter 1994. The Expressions of Love 23 page brochure is also included.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight and unmarked. # A9419. $18.00     Inquire Now  
Mitchell, Sharon.   LLADRO COLLECTORS SOCIETY EXPRESSIONS MAGAZINE WINTER 1992  
New York: LLadro Collectors Sociey, 1992. 31 pages. Paperback.
VG/Wraps. A half inch tear on cover, slight edgewear, o/w unmarked. # A9418. $16.00     Inquire Now  
Mitchell, Sharon.   LLADRO COLLECTORS SOCIETY EXPRESSIONS MAGAZINE VOL. 10, 1994  
New York: Lladro Collectors, 1994. 120 pages. Paperback. Complete four magazine volume for 1994.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked but for light edgewear on spines. # A9420. $65.00     Inquire Now  
National Museum Modern Art, Kyoto.   EVOLUTION OF FASHION 1835-1895  
Kyoto, Japan: Agency Cultural Affairs, 1980. 1st ed. Paperback. Text in English, Japanese & one page of French in this catalog of a show put together by Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and MOMA New York. 73 color & b/w plates of everything fromm corsets to wedding dresses.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked save for light rub at top of spine. In brodart. # A9876. $50.00     Inquire Now  
Nelson, Craig.   THE DRAWING BIBLE  
Cincinnati, OH: North Light, 2005. 1st ed. 303 pages. Hardcover. 1581806205 1-58180-620-5.
As New/No Jacket. As new. Enclosed wire binding. # B0473. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Newhouse, M.A.   PAINTINGS OF WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, N.A.,LL.D.  
Saint Louis, MO: Newhouse Galleries, 1927. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fifty-five B/W prints of the paintings of Chase.
Good+/No Jacket. Very dark green boards worn on corners. # A4011. $100.00     Inquire Now  
Newman, Thelma.   FRAME BOOK CONTEMPORARY DESIGN WITH TRADITIONAL METHODS AND MATERIALS  
New York: Crown Publishers, 1974. 144 pages. Hardcover. 0517513838 0-517-51383-8. Clear, step-by-step instructions for many kinds of frames, mats, and shadow boxes.
Near Fine/VG. Book clean, tight, unmarked. Dj has two 1"-2" mended tears on front. # A8532. $3.00     Inquire Now  
Norman, Barbara.   ENGRAVING AND DECORATING GLASS  
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. 1st ed. 197 pages. Hardcover. 0070472157 0-07-047215-7. Guide to techniques for engraving, painting and decoartingglass. B/w photos and drawings, index.
Near Fine/Near Fine. # A5512. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Okladnikov, Alexei.   ART OF THE AMUR  
New York: Abrams, 1981. 1st ed. 160 pages. Hardcover. 0810906813 0-8109-0681-3. More than 140 illustrations, one third in color, highlight this study of ancient pottery, amulets & textiles of the Russian Far East. Still in original shrink-wrap.
Very Fine/Very Fine. # A3519. $28.00     Inquire Now  
Parramon, Jose M.   LETTERING & LOGOTYPES  
New York: Watson-Guptill, 1991. 1st Am. ed. 112 pages. Paperback. 082302752X 0-8230-2752-X. From the W-G Artist's Library, covers history of lettering and type for logos and signs. (Not calligraphy).
Near Fine/Wraps. Owner's name, else Fine. # A5998. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Parramore, Dock Dilworth.   THE PARRAMORE SKETCHES: SCENES AND STORIES OF EARLY WEST TEXAS  
El Paso: Texas Western, 1975. 1st ed. 93 pages. Hardcover. 087404054X 0-87404-054-X. Series of pencil sketches of life in west Texas cattle country. Whilte somewhat of a naive artist, his renderings of horses, wagons and windmills are quite good. Long out of print in hardcover. Typography by Carl Hertzog.
Fine/No Jacket. # A8142. $27.50     Inquire Now  
Petsopoulos, Yanni.   KILIMS: MASTERPIECES FROM TURKEY  
New York: Rizzoli, 1991. 1st ed. 184 pages. Hardcover. 0847814173 0-8478-1417-3. Map and bibliography compliment scores of full page color photos of beautiful kilims. 26 pages of history, terminology, and explanation. Commentary to the illustrations by Belkis Balpinar.
As New/As New. Book and Dj As New. # A9345. $32.00     Inquire Now  
Preble, Duane.   MAN CREATES ART CREATES MAN  
San Francisco: Canfield Press, 1973. 431 pages. Hardcover. 0821115103 0-8211-1510-3. What is art and why do we need it are two main questions the author seeks to answer.
Good+/No Jacket. Clean, tight, extremes bumped & rubbed. Old price whited-out. # A8542. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Renner, Ginger.   LIMITLESS SKY: THE WORK OF CHARLES M. RUSSELL  
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1986. 1st ed. 132 pages. Hardcover. 0873583841 0-87358-384-1. Paintings, pen & ink drawings, sculptures are all featured in this book which includes the illustrated pages from Parkman's OREGON TRAIL and illustrated letters to friends. Dj in mylar.
As New/As New. This is a new, unused copy we removed from publisher's shrink-wrap. # A7835. $45.00     Inquire Now  
Roberts, Patricia Easterbrook.   HOW TO MAKE FLOWER DECORATIONS  
New York: Studio-Crowell, 1958. 1st ed. 100 pages. Hardcover. A few color and many b/w photos illustrate the construction of artificial flowers from paper, wax, plastic, fabrics, raffia, beads, foil, tin and wrought-iron. Dj bug nibbled on edges.
Good+/Good. PON inked on FFEP, silverfish on board edges, o/w clean, tight. # A9442. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Robinson, Ann O'Connor Williams.   KACHINAS-PAONE  
Austin: Encino Press, 1976. 1st ed. 94 pages. Paperback. Color and b/w photog