Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

Harold Cohen ; [Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Tate Gallery: 8 June - 24 July 1983]

Cohen, Harold; Margaret A. Boden; M. G. Compton · 1983

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

London Tate Gallery First Edition pp. 32. Square octavo [8.25" x 8.25"]. Illustrated twice-stapled card covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of the artist at work, accompanied by additional black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Neat ink name by the hand of Ga...

Hans Baldung Grien: Prints & Drawings [Exhibition Catalogue] ; National Gallery of Art, Washington, from January 25 through April 5 [and] Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, April 23 through June 14, 1981

Baldung, Hans; James H. Marrow; Alan Shestack · 1981

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New Haven & Chicago Yale University Art Gallery & University of Chicago Press pp. xiv, 281. Quarto [28 cm]. Pictorial card covers. Richly illustrated with a variety of black-and-white full-page plates, and in-text illustrations. Neat ink name by the hand of Gary Essar (see pro...

Simon Lewty ; [Catalogue of an exhibition organised by Anne Berthoud and shown at the Austin/Desmond & Phipps Gallery, 15 Jan.-15 Feb. 1992, and elsewhere]

Lewty, Simon; Paul Hills (Text) · 1991

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

London Anne Berthoud in association with Austin/Desmond & Phipps First Edition pp. 23. Slim octavo [10.25" x 8.25"]. Illustrated stiff card covers. Illustrated with black-and-white and colour full-page plates and in-text illustrations. Neat ink name by the hand of Gary Essar (...

Ceri Richards ; [Catalogue of the Exhibition held 22 July - 6 September at the Tate Gallery]

Richard, Ceri (1903-1971); Alan Bowness (Foreword); Bryan Robertson (Intro.), et al. · 1981

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

London Tate Gallery pp. 72. Square octavo. Pictorial card covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of the author accompanied by many additional black-and-white (some colour) full-page and in-text photographs. Neat ink name at the hand of the late Gary Essar (see provenanc...

Exposition Été 1968: 5 Juin-19 Octobre, Galerie Gérald Cramer [Catalogue of an Exhibition] ; [Added title page: Rauschenberg : xxxiv drawings for Dante's Inferno / Commentary by Dore Ashton. [New York] : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.]

Rauschenberg, Robert (1925-2008); Dore Ashton (Commentary) · 1968

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Geneva Galerie Gérald Cramer First Edition, First Printing pp. [12]. Square octavo [8.25" x 8.25"]. Pictorial twice-stapled card covers. Colour frontispiece, accompanied by additional captioned black-and-white photographs. Short pencil inscription by Gary Essar (see provenance...

The Doré Bible Gallery ; Containing One Hundred Superb Illustrations and a Page of Explanatory Letter-Press Facing Each

Doré, Gustave (1832-1883) · 1890

$295.00 (€267.66 | £223.31 | ¥47,108)

Philadelphia Henry Altemus The Altemus Edition pp. xi, 100 [plus 100 full-page plates]. Quarto [12" x 10"]. Publisher’s original elaborately decorated cloth over boards, title and decorations in gilt to the spine and front board, circular monogram of Henry Altemus blind-stampe...

Norwegian Wood [Two Volumes Housed in Solander Box]

Murakami, Haruki; Jay Rubin (Translation) · 2000

$245.00 (€222.30 | £185.46 | ¥39,123)

London The Harvill Press First English Edition pp. 247; 247. Duodecimos [6" x 4.25"]. Two softcover volumes in red and green covers, housed in the original solander box as issued, with the title in English and Japanese. The two volumes are crisp, clean and unblemished. The box...

Dürer in America, His Graphic Work ; [Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., April 25 to June 6, 1971]

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528); Charles W. Talbot (Editor); Gaillard F. Ravenel (Notes); Jay A. Levenson (Notes), et al. · 1971

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art pp. 362. Quarto [11" x 8.5"]. Illustrated card covers. Illustrated throughout, in part in colour, with reproductions of the artist’s works. Bright, clean and unmarked; near fine. The catalogue of the National Gallery of Art’s exhibition...

Albrecht Dürer: Master Printmaker ; [Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 17 November 1971 - 16 January 1972]

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528); Eleanor A. Sayre (Editor), et al. · 1971

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.76 | ¥23,155)

Boston, MA Department of Prints and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) pp. xxiv, 295. Quarto [11.5" x 8.75"]. Illustrated card covers. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of the artist’s works. Neat ink date by the hand of Gary Essar (see Provenance) to the upper-rig...

Twelve Lithographs by Barbara Hepworth [Exhibition Catalogue] ; [Prospectus for a Suite of Lithographs, issued from the Curwen Gallery, 1 Colville Place, London]

Hepworth, Barbara (1903-1975) · 1969

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

New York Editions Electo of America Limited | Printed at the Curwen Press First Edition, First Printing pp. [4] (a single sheet folded to four pages). Oblong quarto [8.25" x 11.75"]. Black-and-white portrait of the artist at work to the front cover, illustrated within in colou...

Carvings and Drawings: 1937-1954 ; [Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 15 April - 29 May 1955, and Subsequently at Other Museums]

Hepworth, Barbara (1903-1975); Sir Herbert Read (Foreword), et al. · 1955

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

New York Martha Jackson Gallery First Edition, First Printing pp. [16]. Duodecimo. Twice-stapled card covers with maroon lettering to the front cover. Illustrated with photographs of the artist’s works. Light sunning along the spine of the rear cover, neat ink name to the uppe...

Barbara Hepworth, 1903-1975 [Catalogue of an Exhibition at Gimpel Fils, London 7 October - 15 November 1975] ; [Cover Title: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970]

Hepworth, Barbara (1903-1975) · 1975

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

London Gimpel Fils First Edition, First Printing pp. [36]. Duodecimo [6" x 4"]. Twice-stapled card covers. Illustrated with full-page and in-text black-and-white photographs. Bright and unmarked; fine. Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) was an English sculptor, born in Wakefiel...

Mia Westerlund: Studies ; [Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 4-25 November 1979]

Roosen, Mia Westerlund; Alan Barkley (Intro.), et al. · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Lethbridge, Alberta Southern Alberta Art Gallery First Edition, First Printing pp. [8]. Octavo [8.75" x 10.25"]. Twice-stapled self-wrappers, title in black to the centre. Illustrated with black-and-white plates and in-text photographs. Bright and unmarked; fine. Comprises an ...

Russell T. Gordon: Selected Works, 1978-1982 ; [Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery from March 30th - April 25th 1982]

Gordon, Russell T.; Sylvia Brown · 1982

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Los Angeles Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery First Edition pp. 16. Oblong octavo [20 x 27 cm]. Twice-stapled card covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of the artist in his studio, accompanied by full-page colour plates of his work, each captioned. Bright and unmarked...

Gaylen C. Hansen ; [Catalogue of an Exhibition held 1 February - 15 March 1981 at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta]

Hansen, Gaylen C.; Peter White (Assistant Curator of Art), et al. · 1981

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Calgary, Alberta Glenbow Museum First Edition pp. 40. Oblong octavo [8.5" x 11"]. Twice-stapled pictorial card covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of the artist, accompanied by full-page colour plates, each captioned. Signed and dated by Gary Essar (see provenance no...

Atelier 17: 1927 Paris New-York 1950 ; [Catalogue of an exhibition held at Galerie de Seine, Paris, 1981]

Reynolds, Graham · 0

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Paris Galerie de Seine First Edition, First Printing pp. 47. Small octavo [8.25" x 6.25"]. Thick card covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece, accompanied by additional photographs and in-text illustrations. Ownership signature of Gary Essar (see provenance note) to the ...

Jules Olitski: Life Drawings [Catalogue of an Exhibition]

Olitski, Jules (1922-2007); Roy Slade (Foreword); Andrew Hudson (Essay) · 1974

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Washington, D.C. Corcoran Gallery of Art First Printing [pp. 5]. Tall quarto. Three-panelled brochure, measuring 13" x 6" [folded]; 13" x 18" [unfolded]. Illustrated with reproductions of the artist’s pencil sketches. Comprises a detailed checklist of some two dozen works, giv...

Spaces ; Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 30 December 1969 - 1 March 1970

Licht, Jennifer (Curator) · 1969

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

New York Museum of Modern Art First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated [pp. 36]. Oblong quarto [8.75" x 11"]. Translucent card covers with printed title overlying the cover leaf. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, drawings, plans and charts. Neat ink dat...

Agnes Martin: Paintings and Drawings, 1957-1975 : Arts Council of Great Britain 1977 [Exhibition Catalogue]

Martin, Agnes (1912-2004); Joanna Drew (Foreword); Dore Ashton, et al. · 1977

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

London Arts Council of Great Britain First Edition pp. 47. Octavo [21 cm]. Illustrated with captioned full-page colour plates, printed to rectos only. Contains the text of Martin’s lecture “We are in the midst of reality responding with joy”, given at Yale University, New Have...

Jenny Holzer: Signs ; [Published on the Occasion of the Des Moines Art Center’s Exhibition “Jenny Holzer: SIGNS”, December 5, 1986 - February 1, 1987]

Holzer, Jenny; Joan Simon (Curator & Foreword), et al. · 1988

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Des Moines Des Moines Art Center First Edition, First Printing pp. vii, 96. Square octavo [8.5" x 8.5"]. Pictorial covers depicting “Protect Me From What I Want”, as photographed by Kim Higgins. Illustrated throughout with full-page and in-text black-and-white and colour photo...