Munich: Eberhart Herrmann, 1989 - 1992. First Edition. 4to. Various paginations. Indices. Beautiful color plates throughout. Text in German. Color laminated boards in fine condition (owner bookplate in Volume 4). Catalogs of 16th - 19th century rugs from the Middle East, Central Asia and China. More about Asiatische Teppich- und Textilkunst (Volumes 1-4
Munich: Eberhart Herrmann, 1978-1988. First Edition. 4to. Various paginations. Color plates. Vol. III text in German and English; the remaining volumes in German. Includes bibliographical references. Color laminated boards in near fine condition (owner name; owner bookplate; minor wear to extremities). Comprises a series of catalogs issued in conjunction with... More about Seltene Orientteppiche - Rare Oriental Carpets (Volumes 2 - 10
Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1975. First Edition. 8vo. 221, (2) pp. Text in English and Japanese. Text by Donlyn Lyndon; edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa. Photo-reproductions (some in color); house plans. Tan cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy. The definitive monograph on the works of the architectural firm... More about MLTW: Houses By MLTW. Moore, Lyndon, Turnbull & Whitaker Vol. One, 1959-1975
Seattle: Dancing Camel Editions, 2010. First Edition, Limited to 750 copies. Square 4to. 171 pp (including 104 color plates). Brown cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. A beautiful monograph on the work of Paul Reynard, (1927 - 2005), artist, art teacher, Gurdjieff movements instructor, and co-president... More about Works in America
Tokyo and Yokohama: Ahrens and Co; C. Levy, 1876 - 1878. First Edition. Paperback. 5 volumes, oblong 4to, each with between 5 and 11 leaves of Japanese lithographic text. 89 hand-colored lithographed plates of pottery (18 in each part); 15a in the first is a half plate in monochrome. Original... More about Kwan Ko Dzu Setsu. Notice Historique et Descriptive ur les Arts et Industries Japonais: Art...
Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Association, 2001. Unknown. 500 pieces; image size 18 x 24." Full-color reproduction of Mora's Yosemite carte, New in cardboard box, shrinkwrapped. This 500-piece jigsaw puzzle was made from the 'Yosemite' carte drawn by Mora in 1931 (Grandeau & Shorts Cartes 5b). As well as many humorous... More about Yosemite Valley Jigsaw Puzzle: Cartoon Map
ca. 1890. Albumen silver photograph with color dyes. Meiji era image of Kendo, a Japanese form of fencing with two-handed bamboo swords, originally developed as a safe form of sword training for samurai. "B1129 Fencing" incised on negative. Photographer not identified. More about Fencing
Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, 2015. 1st. Paperback. First Edtion. 4to. 112 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Stiff color printed wrappers in fine, new condition. Still in shrinkwrap, as issued. Catalogue for exhibition held at the Monterey Museum of Art April 30 - September 28, 2015, 'Lasting Impressions—Pedro de... More about Pedro de Lemos: Lasting Impressions: Works on Paper, 1910-1945
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Yosemite National Park & Boston: Virginia Adams, Best's Studio & Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First Edition. Original wrappers. 4to.Cream stiff glossy bi-fold (11" x 8 1/2", folded), photo-reproduction inside rear cover titled "China Cove;" 2 pp glossy single sheet describing the book, single sheet order form and return envelope laid in... More about Prospectus only for] My Camera on Point Lobos: 30 Photographs and Excerpts from E.W.'s Daybook
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2004. First Edition. Square 4to. 212 pp. 239 photograhic illustrations (140 in color). A fine copy in dustjacket, as new. "This volume celebrates japanese architect yoshio Taniguchi by presenting nine of his beautiful museum designs, from the renovation and expansion of The Museum... More about Yoshio Taniguchi: Nine Museums
New York: Dial Press, 1948. First Edition. hardcover. 4to. 192 pp. Color plates; black & white illustrations. Translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. Black cloth with gilt lettering & design in color illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities; chips & closed tears to spine ends with... More about 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship
1932. First Edition, Limited #15 of 25 copies. Hardcover. SIGNED by Limbach on limitation page. 4to. [25] pp of CPM Fabriano paper, Italy. 10 original black & white lithographs on thin Japanese paper tipped in. Introduction by Milton S. Fox. Formal appraisal by M. Lee Stone Fine Prints (dated 1991)... More about Metamorphoses, Ten Original Lithographs Drawn and Printed by Limbach (SIGNED
Eyvind Earle Publishing, 2011. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. 12" x 13"; opens to 12" by 26". Printed on FSC certified paper with soy-based ink. Striking color serigraphs, 1 full page for each month. A fine copy still in shrinkwrap. This calendar's images represent a unique selection of works by Eyvind... More about Landscapes (2012 Calendar
(Nashville): (Benson Printing Co.), ca. 1922. Original boards. SIGNED by the poet. 8vo. 44 pp. Grey paper covered boards with black lettering. Typed poem titled "The Creed of all Texan Youths" laid in. Previous owner name; light age toning to covers; offsetting inside covers; else a near fine copy. Includes... More about San Gabriel Melodies (SIGNED
Monterey, CA: Jo Mora Publications, 1942. Color pictographic map. Image size 18 3/8" x 24 1/4". Fine condition. Jo Mora's Carmel-by-the-Sea is one of his most desired maps and over the years has become uncommon. Jo created this map for the people of Carmel including its general history and current... More about Carmel-By-The-Sea Past and Present (Carte/Map
London: Textile and Art Publications, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. 379, [1] pp. Over 130 works illustrated in 170 colour plates (including full-page bleed details); over 180 other colour illustrations, maps, mono illustrations/line drawings. Map; Bibliography; Glossary; Index. Tan linen cloth with color plate affixed to front cover; housed... More about Magic Feathers, Textile Art from Ancient Peru
Bern: Gallery Kornfield, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. Vol 1: Numbers 1-179; 469 pp. Vol. 2: Numbers 180-373; 470-894 pp. Black & white plates. Includes biography, bibliography, concordance Beckmann List-Hofmaier, concordance Glaser-Hofmaier, concordance Gallwitz-Hofmaier, and, indexes of titles and names in English and German. Purple cloth in illustrated dustjackets... More about Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his Prints (2 volumes
Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Highway Department. First Edition. Paperback. Large magazine format. 48pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white reproductions. Color illustrated wraps in fine condition. Includes an 8 page article titled "Men, Myths and Rituals" by Maggie Wilson about Jo Mora's time spent with the Hopis; 6 photo-reproductions... More about Arizona Highways: September, 1979, Vol. 55 No. 9
Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Tall 8vo. 63pp. Bibliography. Photo-illustrations (some in color). Stiff color printed wraps in fine condition. Catalog for exhibition held at the Oakland Museum October 3 - November 12, 1972. The Society of Six, formed in 1917, were a group of Northern California... More about Society Of Six: William Clapp, August Gay, Selden Gile, Maurice Logan, Louis Siegriest, Bernard...
Osaka, Japan: Published by the author, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 36 pp. Text in English & Japanese. Striking color serigraph illustrations accompanied by Earle's poetry. Glossy paper covered boards in color printed dustjacket. Fine in fine dustjacket; still in original plastic sleeve. An unusual title on Earle's works; as... More about Eyvind Earle: 1993.3-1995.12
Vancouver, BC: Charles Van Sandwyk Fine Arts, [no date]. Music / audio compact disc. Housed in gold & black illustrated folding case. A fine copy, as new. Includes favorite, old time classics such as Grandfather's clock, Quality Time, Healing Hands of Time, the Imperial Clock, Star Dust and As Time... More about Quality Time
Monterey, CA: Jo Mora Publications, 1945. Color pictographic map. Image size 24 3/8" x 18 1/4". short closed tear to upper edge else fine condition; colors are strong and bright. This was the second and smaller California map Jo Mora drew as well as his last map. The Del Monte... More about California (Carte/Map
Paris: Denoel, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. 4to.252. [4] pp. 400 illustrations (including 60 in color). Catalogues; Index. Text in French. Fine in near fine dustjacket (short closed tear; faint age toning). The monograph on Paul Iribe (1883 – 1935), a French illustrator, and designer in the decorative arts. He worked... More about Paul Iribe
New York: Tiffany Studios, ca. 1900. First Edition. Original wrappers. Octavo in string-tied ivory wrappers with Tiffany Studios logo in gold to front wrapper. Five carpets (Sanctuary, XV Century Ispahan, XIV Century Kuba, XVII Century Oushak, XIX Century Kurdestan) are photographically reproduced in b/w, each image protected with tissue with... More about The Eastern Rug as an Object of Art