Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

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 | £75.69 | ¥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...

Charles Beauchamp: Recent Work ; [Catalogue for an exhibition held at Gimpel Fils, London from 18 February to 28 March 1992]

Beauchamp, Charles; · 1992

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Gimpel Fils London First Edition [pp. 16]. Octavo. Twice-stapled card covers. Illustrated with full-page captioned colour plates. Bright, and unmarked; fine. ¶ Provenance: From the personal library of the late Gary Essar (1944-2025), noted Canadian art historian, and cu...

Adrian Heath: Paintings 1990 ; Catalogue of an Exhibition held at Redfern Gallery, London, 20 November-21 December, 1990

Heath, Adrian · 1990

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

London Redfern Gallery First Edition pp. 11. Octavo [21 cm]. Pictorial stitched card covers. Illustrated with full-page captioned colour plates. Fine. Corresponds to OCLC #729642683. ¶ Provenance: From the personal library of the late Gary Essar (1944-2025), noted Canadian art...

Peter Blake: City Art Gallery, Bristol: 17 November - 13 December 1969

Blake, Peter; Roger Coleman; Arnold Wilson (Foreword), et al. · 1969

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Bristol City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery First Edition pp. 44, [1]. Square octavo. Twice-stapled pictorial card covers. Illustrated in black-and-white, and colour throughout. Light rubbing else, bright and unmarked; very good+. See OCLC #1012027465. ¶ Provenance: From th...

An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by James Pryde, 1886-1941 ; [Catalogue of an Exhibition to] be held at the Redfern Gallery, 20 Cork Street, London W1 22 September - 26 October 1988: in association with The Fine Art Society and James Kirkman Ltd.

Pryde, James; John Synge · 1988

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

London Redfern Gallery | The Fine Art Society | James Kirkman Ltd. First Edition [pp. 16]. Octavo [8.25" x 5.75"]. Twice-stapled olive-green card covers. Eleven lovely tipped-in plates representative of the artist's works. Related price-list laid-in. Without blemish; fine. Cor...

An Artist Against the Third Reich: Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938

Paret, Peter · 2003

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

New York Cambridge University Press First Edition pp. xvi, 191. Octavo. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. ¶ Provenance: From the personal library of the late Gary Essar (1944-2025), noted Canadian art historian, and curator. ¶ "The conflict between Ernst Barlach, the most imp...

Eduardo Paolozzi

Middleton, Michael; Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005); Jasia Reichardt (Series Editor) · 1963

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London Methuen First Edition Unpaginated. Slim duodecimo. Textured plum paper-covered boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine. Illustrated with various full-page plates, and in-text photographs, reproductions and facsimiles, etc. A lovely copy, entirely without blemish; fin...

News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews & Dues; Six Organic Screenprints by Edward Ruscha ; [Prospectus for a Suite of Prints]

Ruscha, Edward; Christopher Fox (Intro.); Tony Evans (Photography) · 0

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)

London Editions Alecto Limited First Edition, First Printing Eight unnumbered leaves. Quarto [11.75" x 8.5"]. Twice-stapled illustrated card covers, the front cover depicting the everyday ingredients from which the prints were made, enumerated in a table on the opening page. A...

Joseph Raffael ; [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina: December 5, 1975 to January 18, 1976]

Raffael, Joseph (1933-2021); Carol A. Phillips (Afterword and Curator of Collections), et al. · 1975

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Regina, Saskatchewan Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery First Edition, First Printing Large-format three-panelled brochure printed on heavy card-stock, right edge deckled, with title printed in black to the centre. Quarto, measuring 8.75" x 11" [folded]; 25" x 11" [unfolded]. Text p...

The Engraved Work of Eric Gill

Gill, Eric; John Frederick Physick (Compiler), et al. · 1980

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

London Victoria and Albert Museum | Her Majesty's Stationery Office Second Impression pp. viii, 82. Royal octavo. Illustrated card covers. Richly illustrated throughout. Light wear to the covers, neat ink date by the hand of the late Gary Essar (1944-2025) - noted Canadian art...

Eric Gill: A Lover's Quest for Art and God; A Biography

MacCarthy, Fiona · 1989

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

New York E.P. Dutton First American Edition pp. xiii, 338 pages, including 64 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, etc. Octavo. Publisher's black paper covered boards. Trifle edgewear, neat ink date by the hand of the late Gary Essar (1944-2025) - ...

Eric Gill, 1882-1940: Drawings & Carvings, A Centenary Exhibition ; Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition held May 12 - June 18, 1982

Gill, Eric; Richard Cork (Introduction) · 1982

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

London Anthony d'Offay First Edition pp. 62. Duodecimo. Teal card covers, title in maroon to the upper cover and spine. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of the artist at work. Accompanied with various additional black-and-white captioned plates, and various in-text photog...

Cedric Morris

Morphet, Richard; Cedric Morris (1889-1982), et al. · 1984

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,422)

London Tate Gallery First Edition pp. 128. Small quarto. Pictorial card covers. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white, and colour. Neat ink date by the hand of the late Gary Essar (1944-2025) - noted Canadian art historian, and curator - to the upper-right margin of the ha...

Meredith Frampton

Morphet, Richard, et al. · 1982

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

London Tate Gallery First Edition pp. 79. Square octavo (21 cm). Pictorial card covers. Illustrated with various black-and-white and colour photographs, portraits, etc. Neat ink date by the hand of the late Gary Essar (1944-2025) - noted Canadian art historian, and curator - t...

Catalouge X: The Linocuts of Cyril Edward Power, 1872-1951 ; Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Redfern Gallery, London, 1989

Power, Cyril E. (1872-1951), et al. · 1989

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,422)

London Redfern Gallery First Edition pp. 32. Duodecimo. Pictorial stiff card covers. Illustrated with portraits, facsimils, reproductions, etc. Bright, and unmarked; about fine. Related price-sheet laid-in. Corresponds to OCLC #21318171.

L. S. Lowry RA, 1887-1976 ; Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Royal Academy, 4 September to 14 November [1976]

Lowry, Laurence Stephen (1887-1976); Hugh Casson (Preface); Mervyn Levy (Intro.), et al. · 1976

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

[London] Royal Academy of Arts First Edition pp. 98. Square octavo. Pictorial card covers. Richly illustrated in black-and-white and colour. Neat ink name by the hand of the late Gary Essar (1944-2025) - noted Canadian art historian, and curator - to the upper-right margin of ...

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Sculptor, 1891-1915: An Exhibition Organised by Kettle's Yard Gallery and toured by the Arts Council of Great Britain ; Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge, 15 October - 20 November 1983, City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 26 November - 7 January 1984, York City Art Gallery, 14 January - 19 February 1984

Lewison, Jeremy (Ed.); Serge Fauchereau; et al. · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Cambridge Kettle's Yard Gallery First Edition pp. 63. Square octavo [26 cm]. Pictorial card covers. Richly illustrated throughout. Neat ink name by the hand of the late Gary Essar to the upper-right margin of the title leaf else, bright and unmarked; near fine. See OCLC #86337...

William Nicholson: Paintings, Drawings & Prints

Nicholson, William; Joanna Drew (Preface); Duncan Robinson, et al. · 1980

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

[London] Arts Council of Great Britain First Edition pp. 48. Square octavo. Illustrated twice-stapled card covers. Richly illustrated with various black-and-white, and colour plates, full page and in-text. Neat ink date to upper-right margin of the ffep, else, bright, and unma...

Eric Gill: Man of Flesh and Spirit

Yorke, Malcolm · 1982

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York Universe Books pp. 304. Royal octavo. Teal paper covered boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine. Neat ink name (in Essar's hand) to the upper-right margin of the ffep else, fine in fine, unclipped, dustjacket. Near fine. ¶ Provenance: From the personal library of ...

The Nine Tailors

Sayers, Dorothy L. · 1989

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

New York Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. pp. 280. Octavo. Blue paper covered boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine. Light bump to tail else, fine. Housed in its original lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Overall, very good+. Widely considered Sayers' finest work.