Major retrospective of Bonington's paintings, watercolors and prints that were featured in an exhibit sponsored by the Yale Center for British Art. The book is written by Patrick Noon who reviews Bonington's life and work in the first half of the book. Hardcover w/dustjacket published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1991. 165 color plates + b/w illustration. 315pp. Mint condition.
1976. Published by H. N. Abrams New York. A highly collectible books by Diana Vreeland and Dale McConathy which features Hollywood designers (from 1910 thru 1970) and their costumes. A sumptuous book with 137 color and b&w photos of costumes plus some 200 additional photos of movie scenes, etc. Brocade cover with plastic dustjacket. 317 pgs. One page is slightly loose (see photo 4) otherwise in near mint condition.
Written by Carl Little and published in 1998 by the University of California Press, Berkeley.Hardcover in dustjacket. 159 pages, profuse color illustrations. Mint condition.
Hardcover with dustjacket. Sotheby's Auction December 6, 1983. 178pgs + with color and b&w photos. Ancient bronzes, jades,metals, etc. In excellent condition - old label on front of dustjacket.
Invaluable silver catalogue - Scandinavian and Baltic Silver in the Victoria and Albert Museum by R.W. Lightbrown. Published in 1975 by William Clowes & Sons Ltd. Softcover 255 pages. Light wear, no script. Treasures from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Baltic Lands are featured along with makers' marks, provenance,condition, etc.
1978 First edition softcover published by the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. Illustrated with 306 magnificent color photographs of paperweights; additionally, there are b& w photographs with captions. Glossary, bibliography. The catalog was a companion piece to a special exhibition held at the Corning Museum of Glass( April 29 - October 21, 1978.) Near fine condition. 167 pgs.
Highly collectible soft cover pamphlet/catalogue entitled "Old Wedgwood The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection acquired from the Collection of Arthur Sanderson~ assembled by Frederick Rathbone." Published by the Art Institute of Chicago 1916. Includes historical and biographical notes,Gladstone's eulogy, Wedgwood's genius and prophecy,marks,B&W photos, etc. Light wear on the front and back cover, front ends creased. 51 pages.
A softcover copy of Prize Poems 1913-1929 with an introduction by Mark Van Doren.Published in 1930 by Charles Boni and edited by Charles A. Wagner (Rockwell Kent.) Bound in blue pictorial paper wraps after a woodcut by Rockwell Kent. The blue pictorial endpapers are also by Kent. Pages 204 and 205 have tears and there is some foxing in the front. 247pgs.
First edition soft cover edited by Jerald R. Gerst and published by the Harvard Crimson 1969-1970. Includes a fold- out map of Boston, wonderful advertising, notes on restaurants, museums, skiing, "Young Ladies' Colleges" etc...a real period piece. Very good condition. condition. 72 pages.
