Art
Art of Japan.
NY: Abrams, [1985]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. A mammoth, comprehensive study. Very fine. More
Boyle Family.
Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 2003. Square 4to. Softbound with French flaps. First edition. Signed by Sebastian Boyle, Georgia Boyle, Mark Boyle, and collaborator Joan Hills. Profusely illustrated in color throughout with supplementary text. As new. More
Exhibition announcement card for Max Ernst's 1944 show at the Julien Levy Gallery.
NY: Julien Levy Gallery, [1944]. The card features illustrations by Ernst and gallery info printed in white against a charcoal background. The Julien Levy Gallery was the preeminent venue for Surrealist art, photography, and experimental film during the '30s and '40s. Fine. More
de Chirico.
[NY: Abrams, 1968]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Profusely illustrated. Minor offsetting to f.f.e, else fine in dust jacket with barely perceptible yellowing to edges. More
American Indian Art.
NY: Abrams, [1965]. Thick, square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Mammoth, landmark study. Profusely illustrated including many tipped-in color plates. Fine. More
Varieties of Visual Experience: Art as Image and Idea.
NY: Abrams, [1972]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second edition, revised and expanded. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine. More
What Nigel Knew.
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, [1981]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Dust jacket illustration by Edward Gorey. Very fine. More
Meiji Revisited: The Sites of Victorian Japan.
NY: Weatherhill, [1995]. Small 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. A study of the famous buildings of Japan in the Victorian era. As new. More
The Art in Cartooning: Seventy-five Years of American Magazine Cartoons.
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1975]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Gahan Wilson, George Booth, Bill Woodman, S. Gross, B. Tobey, Modell, Jack Ziegler, Dana Fradon, and one other. Fine in dust jacket with barely perceptible yellowing to spine and back panel. More
The Artist and the Photograph.
Barcelona: Actar, 2000. Hardbound in illustrated boards. First edition thus. An elaborate and wonderful parody with Fontcuberta creating photographic images utilizing the iconography of Miro, Picasso, Dali, and Tapies---but offering them here as if they were photographs actually created by those artists---with Fontcuberta portraying himself as merely the curator of... More
View, May 1945, Series V, No. 2.
NY: View, 1945. A magazine of surrealist art and literature. Cover by Wifredo Lam. Contributions by Ramon Sender, Jules Henry, Paul Rivet, and others. "Tropical Americana" presented by Paul Bowles with photos by Rudy Burckhardt depicting life in the tropics. Near fine. More
View, February-March 1942, Vol. 1, Nos. 11-12.
NY: View, 1942. A magazine of surrealist art and literature. This issue in early tabloid format (on slick paper). Kurt Seligmann, Henry Miller, Leonora Carrington, and Parker Tyler are among the contributors. Cover sheet split at top and bottom of spine, else near fine. The early issues are scarce. More
View, December 1944, Series IV, No. 4.
NY: View, 1944. A magazine of surrealist art and literature. Cover by Esteban Frances. Contributions by Man Ray, Andre Breton, Kurt Seligmann, Giorgio Di Chirico, Lionel Abel, and others. Near fine. More
Pre-Columbian Art.
NY: Abrams, [1983]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Massive study profusely illustrated including fold-out plates. As new. More
Sam Francis: Lessons of Darkness.
[Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1993]. Folio. Hardbound in illustrated boards. First edition. Signed by Sam Francis. Profusely illustrated in color. As new. More
Sam Francis: Four Decades Paintings on Paper.
London: Bernard Jacobson Gallery, 1988. Softbound. First edition. Exhibition catalog for his show at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery. Profusely illustrated in color. Poet Cid Corman's copy with his ownership signature and date. Corman has also added his marks to the introduction and short phrases beneath two of the plates. Some... More
Wives, Wheels, Weapons.
NY: JMc & GHB editions, 2008. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. A collaborative artists' book printing three excerpts, "Wives," "Wheels," and "Weapons," from Frey's new novel Bright, Shiny Morning. These vignettes are accompanied by a photo-essay by Terry Richardson, and for the hardbound edition Richard Prince has supplied... More
Simple Conjunctions.
SF: S.F. Museum of Art, 1986. Square 8vo. Spiral-bound cardboard covers. First edition. Photographs of this installation by Galgiani. Fine. More
Picasso: The Heroic Years.
NY: Abbeville Press, [1985]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition thus, a revised and expanded version of the 1971 edition. Profusely illustrated throughout, many in color. As new. More
Dreams 1900-2000: Science, Art, and the Unconscious Mind.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, [2000]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Very fine. More
The Life and Complete Works of Francisco Goya.
NY: Reynal & Co./William Morrow, [1971]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated including 48 hand-mounted color plates. Fine in publisher's cardstock slipcase (tiny star stamped to front pastedown). More
Max Ernst.
London: Hamlyn, [1970]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First English edition. Profusely illustrated. Fine in dust jacket with some yellowing to flaps. More
Flowing in All Directions.
LA: Circa/MOCA, 2003. 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Daniel Joseph Martinez. As new. More