Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Perennial Avant Garde

Sykes, Gerald · 1971

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Gerald Sykes has penned a fine and accessible work of art history devoted to the avant garde culture and works of Picasso, Joyce, Stravinsky, Klee, Kafka, Shoenberg and others...

Futurism

Rye, Jane · 1972

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

New York, Studio Vista / Dutton Pictureback, 1972. . Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Brilliant little introduction to the study of Futurism of the 1920s and 1930s and the writings and inspiration of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor we...

Schwind: Des Meisters Werke

Weigmann, Otto · 1804

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Stuttgart / Leipzig, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, . . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. German language tome devoted wholly to the artistic works and life of Moritz von Schwind, with 1265 illustrations, selected and annotated by Otto Weigmann. Schwind (21 January 1804 – 8 Feb...

The Quest for Ulysses

Stanford, W.B. and J.V. Luce · 1974

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Praeger, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A learned, accessible exploration of the myth and reality of Ulysses and the ancient Greek world of Homer, and along the way, the personalities and works of Dante, Titian, Joyce and Sophocles. Sturdy,...

Northern European Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Sutton, Peter C. · 1990

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy in a big, tall, quarto-sized format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and...

Hogarth and His Place in European Art

Antal, Frederick · 1962

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

London, England, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. From the publisher's blurb, "Dr. Antal here applies his method of establishing the close relationship between the political and social history and the arts and letters of the per...

Guide Du Musee D'Abomey

Mercier, P. and J. Lombard · 1959

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Porto Novo, Dahomey, Etudes Damomeennes I.F.A.N., Republique du Dahomey, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Not currently available to the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line. French language guide to the museum collections of West A...

Primitive Art of the Americas

D'Harcourt, Raoul · 1950

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Tudor Publishing Co., 1950. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Augmented by 160 duotone and black-and-white illustrations and photographs of Emmanuel Soughez, printed on high-gloss paper, and each with textual information and detail. Another fine...

Esthetic Recognition of Ancient Amerindian Art

Kubler, George · 1991

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Another fine contribution to the series, Yale Publicatio...

Greece Through the Ages

Miller, Helen Hill · 1972

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Funk and Wagnalls, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in gray cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust...

The Poster Collection, the Modern Art Bulletin, Volume XVIII, No. 4, June 1951

Constantine, Mildred; Museum of Modern Art · 1951

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good-looking, structurally sound bulletin from the Museum of Modern Art, reprising the poster collection exhibitions beginning in 1933. Black-and-white reproductions, staple-bound, and wit...

Style in Art: The Dynamics of Art As Cultural Expression

Rothschild, Lincoln · 1960

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Thomas Yoseloff, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Handsomely bound in black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond to spine head and foot, but price-clipped, now protected by a...

The Munich Secession: Art and Artists in Turn-of-the-Century Munich

Makela, Maria Martha · 1990

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing of this fine and accessible social history of turn-of-the-century Munich, German. The author notes it's a revision of his Ph.D. diss...

Art in a City

Willett, John · 1967

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

London, Methuen, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in bright red cloth, with gilt and black lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrate...

Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Stein

Brenda Wineapple · 1996

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A big, fat, accessible social history of the Stein family and of two of its more prominent members. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and sh...

Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond

Lycett, Andrew · 1996

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Atlanta, Georgia, Turner Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound handsomely in two-tone...

English Literature, 1789-1815

Renwick, W.L.; F.P. Wilson and Bonamy Dobree, eds. · 1963

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Oxford, England, Oxford University Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the series, Oxford History of English Literature. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities, bound...

The Price Guide to Antique Silver

Waldron, Peter · 1982

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Suffolk, England, The Antique Collectors' Club, 1982. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Another fine contribution to the Price Guide Series, this being a Second Edition exemplar of the to-that-point definitive price guide to antique silver. Sterling conditio...

Five Centuries of Tapestry

Bennett, Anna G. · 0

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

San Francisco Fine Arts Museum, by Charles E. Tutt, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California / Rutland, Vermont. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of a fine museum exhibit catalog, with unfurled tips,...

Unfolding Beauty: The Art of the Fan

Bennett, Anna G. · 1988

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. The Collection of Esther Oldham at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Sterling condition softcover copy bound in oblong format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean i...