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"FEMME DU PORT DES FRANCAIS."
[La Pérouse, Jean François]:
[Paris. 1792].
Lithograph, image 39 x 25 cm., captioned. A couple of small tears and smudges at edges of border, image fine... more
Price: $250.00
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"THE SPIRIT OF PARTY." HAMILTON & JEFFERSON AT ODDS.
Christman, Margaret C.S.:
Washington. 1992.
64pp. including illustrations. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Catalogue of a National Portrait Gallery exhibition focusing on the most famous political.. more
Price: $20.00
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"THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER."
Sonneck, Oscar G.T.:
Washington. 1914.
115pp. plus facsimiles. Portraits. Cloth. Slight edge wear, some light scattered foxing. Very good. An in-depth study of the various.. more
Price: $34.00
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1. PINNATED GROUS 2. BLUE-GREEN WARBLER 3. NASHVILLE W:
Wilson, Alexander:
[Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1871].
Colored copper plate engraving, 10 1/2 x 13 inches (exclusive of margins). A couple small chips and tiny edge tears... more
Price: $400.00
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1853-4. ABRIDGED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF SELECT FRUIT TREES, ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, HERBACCEOUS PERENNIAL PLANTS, &c. CULTIVATED AND FOR SALE AT THE NURSERY OF H.S. RAMSDELL, THOMPSON, CONN.
Ramsdell, H.S.:
[Connecticut. 1853-54].
4pp. Self-wrappers. Fine. Quarto. A long catalogue of various nursery items, including small trees, various fruits, and numerous types of.. more
Price: $85.00
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURE, CHRIST REJECTED BY THE JEWS...PAINTED BY BENJAMIN QUEST, ESQ.....
M'Quin, A.D.:
Philadelphia. 1830.
16pp. Dbd. Some foxing, else very good. The same author wrote a critique of "Christ Healing the Sick in the.. more
Price: $125.00
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A DESCRIPTION OF, AND CRITICAL REMARKS ON THE PICTURE OF CHRIST HEALING THE SICK IN THE TEMPLE; PAINTED BY BENJAMIN WEST, ESQ....AND PRESENTED BY HIM TO THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL.
Robinson, John:
Philadelphia. 1818.
24pp. Frontis. Dbd. Scattered foxing, else quite good. The frontispiece is a sketched representation of the painting, with a key.. more
Price: $275.00
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A GUIDE TO AUDUBON'S Birds of America....
Low, Susanne M.:
New Haven & New York: William Reese Company and Donald A. Heald, 2002.
[6],384pp. plus numerous illustrations and color insert. Quarto. Cloth. New. In pictorial dust jacket. "A GUIDE TO AUDUBON'S Birds of.. more
Price: $50.00
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A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE BRITISH INSTITUTION; CONTAINING THE OUTLINES OF A PLAN FOR THE NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF HISTORICAL PAINTING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Shee, Martin Archer:
London. 1809.
90,[1]pp. Dbd. Title soiled, some fox marks, else very good. Shee suggests a contest for a national prize be held,.. more
Price: $75.00
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A MANUAL OF TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWING.
Smith, R.S., and Charles McMillan:
New York. 1885.
xi,112pp. plus fourteen folding plates (two colored). Original cloth, spine gilt. A very good copy. This is a revised and.. more
Price: $500.00
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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DYING OF WOOLEN, COTTON, AND SKEIN SILK, THE MANUFACTURING OF BROADCLOTH AND CASSIMERE....
Partridge, William:
New York: H. Wallis and Company, 1823.
[2],288pp. plus folding table. Contemporary calf, rebacked, original backstrip laid down, red gilt morocco label. Slightly rubbed. Very good. Contains.. more
Price: $500.00
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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON PERSPECTIVE, ADAPTED FOR THE STUDY OF THOSE WHO DRAW FROM NATURE, BY WHICH THE USUAL ERROURS MAY BE CORRECTED.
Varley, J[ohn]:
Baltimore: Published by Fielding Lucas, Jun., [1819?].
42pp. plus 3 diagrammatic plates on 2 folding leaves and [3]pp. of advertisements. Half title. Contemporary three-quarter straight-grain red morocco.. more
Price: $850.00
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A SHORT HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE.
Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman:
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887.
viii,[1],168pp. plus twenty-four plates (including frontispiece and two double-page plates). Original gilt cloth. Minor wear to extremities. Early ink inscription.. more
Price: $40.00
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A SKETCH OF CHESTER HARDING, ARTIST. DRAWN BY HIS OWN HAND.
Harding, Chester:
Boston. 1929.
xxiii,[1],203,[1]pp. Portrait frontis. plus 29 plates. Quarto. Red gilt cloth. t.e.g. Some light fraying at head of spine. Remnants of.. more
Price: $70.00
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A TREATISE ON BRIDGE ARCHITECTURE; IN WHICH THE SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES OF THE FLYING PENDENT LEVER BRIDGE ARE FULLY PROVED. WITH AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF DIFFERENT BRIDGES ERECTED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, FROM AN EARLY PERIOD, DOWN TO T
Pope, Thomas:
New York. 1811.
[14],[9]-xxxii,[33]-288pp. plus errata leaf and eighteen plates (including duplicate of "View of T. Pope's Flying Lever Bridge"). Original boards, rebacked.. more
Price: $1,500.00
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A VIEW OF THE GREAT COHOES FALLS ON THE MOHAWK RIVER, THE FALL ABOUT SEVENTY FEET; THE RIVER NEAR A QUARTER MILE BROAD.
Pownall, Thomas:
London. 1768.
Mezzotint engraving, 36 x 53 cm. A very good, clean impression. This handsome view of one of the most famous.. more
Price: $8,500.00
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A VIEW OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR FROM ALGESIRAS BAY...[manuscript caption title].
[Gibraltar]:
[Gibraltar. 1830].
Pencil sketch, 4 x 10 inches. Dampstained along left edge. Moderate wear to right edge. Good. A pencil sketch of.. more
Price: $300.00
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ABEL BOWEN.
Whitmore, William Henry:
Boston. 1887.
54pp. and unnumbered leaves of illustrations. Original printed wrappers, slightly chipped. Issued as part of the COLLECTIONS of the Bostonian.. more
Price: $125.00
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ABEL BUELL OF CONNECTICUT SILVERSMITH TYPE FOUNDER & ENGRAVER.
Wroth, Lawrence C.:
Middletown. 1958.
xiv,102pp. plus illus and facsimiles (some folding). Cloth. Soiled and chipped in dust jacket. Presentation inscription to Odell Shepard from.. more
Price: $35.00
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ACADEMIES OF ARTS. A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED ON THURSDAY, MAY 3... IN THE CHAPEL OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE, BEFORE THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, ON ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
[Art]: Morse, Samuel F.B.:
New York. 1827.
60pp. Dbd. Titlepage a trifle soiled. Good. "[Morse] was the leading spirit among the founders of the National Academy of.. more
Price: $400.00
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC...TABLEAUX BY INDIAN PUPILS OF LINCOLN INSTITUTION, ILLUSTRATING LONGFELLOW'S POEM OF HIAWATHA. PROCEEDS ENTIRELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT OF LINCOLN INSTITUTION...[cover title].
[Indian Drama]:
Philadelphia. Feb. 11, 1885.
[4]pp. printed on folded sheet. Old crease marks from being folded. Good. An interesting program for a performance of HIAWATHA.. more
Price: $175.00
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ADVENTURES IN WESTERN ART.
Krakel, Dean:
Kansas City. [1977].
xvi,379pp. Frontis. Illus. Gilt cloth. Fine. In lightly edgeworn dust jacket. .. more
Price: $11.00
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AL NESTLER'S SOUTHWEST. THE RUGGED AND BEAUTIFUL SOUTHWEST INTERPRETED BY ONE OF ARIZONA'S FOREMOST PAINTERS.
[Nestler, Al]:
Flagstaff, Az. 1970.
xii,92pp. including plates (some color). Oblong octavo. Cloth. Light edge wear. Very good. From an edition of 1500 copies. Scenes.. more
Price: $23.00
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ALFRED JACOB MILLER: ARTIST ON THE OREGON TRAIL WITH A CATALOGUE RAISONNE BY KAREN DEWEES REYNOLDS AND WILLIAM JOHNSTON.
Tyler, Ron, ed:
[Fort Worth]: Amon Carter Museum, 1982.
viii,480pp. Facsimiles, many in color. Quarto. Cloth. Fine. In slightly rubbed dust jacket. The famed western artist's visual chronicle of.. more
Price: $35.00
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AMERICAN ART: 1750 - 1800. TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE.
[American Art]:
Boston. 1976.
320pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Quarto. Cloth. In dust jacket. A very good copy. Issued in.. more
Price: $11.00
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AMERICAN FRONTIER LIFE EARLY WESTERN PAINTING AND PRINTS.
[Western Art]:
New York. [1987].
202pp. Facsimiles. Quarto. Cloth. Very fine. In dust jacket. A joint production of the Amon Carter Museum and Buffalo Bill.. more
Price: $14.00
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AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.
Audubon, John James, and Joseph Bartholomew Kidd:
[Edinburgh. 1831].
18 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches. Oil on millboard, with label on verso: "R. Davy, 83 Newman St., London, Colorman.. more
Price: $195,000.00
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AMERICAN HISTORICAL VIEWS ON STAFFORDSHIRE CHINA.
Larsen, Ellouise B.:
New York. 1939.
270pp. Color frontis. Photographic illus. Quarto. Cloth, pictorial onlay, t.e.g. Fine, with remnants of dust jacket laid in. Lists 695.. more
Price: $95.00
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AMERICAN INDIAN PAINTERS. A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.
Snodgrass, Jeanne O., comp:
New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1968.
xi,[1],269pp. Original printed wrappers. Contemporary library label on titlepage. Fine. A biographical dictionary of Indians who became prominent artists, with.. more
Price: $30.00
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AMERICAN NAVAL BROADSIDES, A COLLECTION OF EARLY NAVAL PRINTS (1745 - 1815).
Smith, Edgar Newbold.:
New York: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1974.
225pp. Large quarto. Cloth. Fine in edge worn dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated collection of American naval prints arranged by the.. more
Price: $35.00
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AMERYKANSI ZACHÓD.
[Western Art]:
[Warsaw?]. 1974.
[2],93pp. including illustrations. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine. Hungarian language catalogue for a joint exhibition of art of the American.. more
Price: $35.00
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AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN BEHALF OF ART, ARTISTS, AND THE PUBLIC WEAL.
Spooner, Shearjashub:
New York. 1854.
27pp. Gathered signatures, stitched, lacking the wrappers. Titlepage a bit soiled, light wear around the edges, faint stain in upper.. more
Price: $500.00
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AN INAUGURAL DISSERTATION ON THE WARM BATH...FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE....
Lockette, Henry Wilson:
Philadelphia: Printed by Carr & Smith, 1801.
53,[1]pp. plus plate. Dbd. Light foxing ton outer leaves, light dampstain on plate, else very good. Author's inscription to "Mr... more
Price: $500.00
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AN INFORMAL TALK ON ART AND ARCHITECTURAL TOPICS.
Silsbee, E.A.:
Salem: Essex Institute, 1880.
22pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good. An essay on the local architecture of Salem. This volume is a separately paginated.. more
Price: $100.00
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AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE.
Riley, James Whitcomb:
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., [1891].
Thirteen leaves on heavy stock, printed recto only. All leaves printed lithographically, five in colors (including half title and titlepage)... more
Price: $100.00
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AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE FOR BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS.
Clement, Sara Erskine:
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1886].
x,206pp. including numerous in-text and full-page illustrations. Original decorative green cloth, gilt. Ex-lib. Spine abraded from removal of library label... more
Price: $20.00
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ANCIENT ART IN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. A LOAN EXHIBITION AT THE FOGG ART MUSUEM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
[Ancient Art]:
Cambridge. 1954.
43pp. plus 50 plates (1 color). Original pictorial wrappers, small burn hole to front cover. Otherwise very good. Second printing.. more
Price: $25.00
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ANSICHTEN VON MISSIONS=NIEDERLASSUNGEN DER EVANGELISCHEN BRUDER=GEMEINDE. VUES DES ETABLISSEMENS MISSIONAIRES FONDES PAR LA COMMUNAUTE EVANGELIQUE DES FRERES-UNIS.
Stobwasser, L.:
Basel. [1835].
Four aquatint engravings, 12 1/2 x 18 inches. Laid into original printed wrappers. A very slight bit of soiling or.. more
Price: $13,750.00
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ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITIONS...COMPRISING A SERIES OF FIFTY SKETCHES PART OF WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH ACTUAL PROJECTS BUT MANY BEING THE RESULT OF STUDY DURING LEISURE MOMENTS.
Kirby, Henry P.:
Boston: Bates, Kimball and Guild, 1892.
Titlepage and fifty plates. Large folio. Loose leaves in original cloth portfolio, stamped in blind and terra cotta. Portfolio hinges.. more
Price: $500.00
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ARCHITECTURE IN NEW HARMONY, INDIANA, 1814 - 1969.
[Curtis, John, ed. et al]:
New Harmony: The Guild of Guides, 1969.
3-18pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Near fine. Prepared by local high school students and containing over thirty photographs, this.. more
Price: $20.00
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ARIADNE.
Vanderlyn, John:
New York, London & Paris: A.B. Durand; Hodgson, Boys & Graves; and Rittner & Goussil, 1835.
Engraving, 18 x 21 inches. Finely printed with rich dark blacks and full tonal range. Minute wear at outer margins... more
Price: $6,000.00
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ART AND ARTISTS IN CONNECTICUT.
French, H.W.:
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1879.
xvi,176pp. including sixty-two illustrations. Frontispiece. Original brown cloth, gilt pictorial cover, gilt spine, a.e.g. Ownership signature on verso of front.. more
Price: $450.00
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ART IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S NEW PROGRAM IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE VOLUME I MURAL DESIGNS, 1934-36.
Bruce, Edward, and Forbes Watson:
Washington. 1936.
xvi,309pp. Oblong quarto. Original cloth. Extremities lightly frayed, else internally clean and bright. Very good. Limited to 1000 copies, this.. more
Price: $125.00
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ART IN THE AGE OF EXPLORATION. CIRCA 1492.
Levenson, Jay A. [ed]:
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991.
671pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Thick quarto. Cloth. Very fine. In dust jacket and slipcase. A.. more
Price: $90.00
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ART IN THE HOUSE. HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND AESTHETICAL STUDIES ON THE DECORATION AND FURNISHING OF THE DWELLING.
von Falke, J., Dr.:
Boston: L. Prang, 1879.
356pp. plus sixty plates (five of them chromolithographs and the remainder color printed or lithographs), and numerous illustrations. Chromolithographic frontis... more
Price: $400.00
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ART TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF SCULPTURE, PAINTING AND ARCHITECTURE, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO MOST OF THE ENGLISH STANDARD WORKS OF ART.
Farrar, Charles S.:
Chicago: Chas. S. Farrar & Co., 1890.
vi,196pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. A near fine copy. Third edition, revised and enlarged. The work was.. more
Price: $20.00
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ART WORK OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA [binder's title].
[Atlanta, Georgia]:
[Chicago. 1903].
Eight of nine parts (lacking first part), bound without wrappers into one volume. Later green buckram, spine gilt. Ex-libris, with.. more
Price: $900.00
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ART WORK OF THE STATE OF OREGON.
[Oregon]:
Portland: The W.D. Harney Photogravure Co., 1909.
Nine parts, bound without wrappers into one volume. Later red buckram, spine gilt, bound with the text leaves preceding the.. more
Price: $900.00
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ART-HINTS. ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, AND PAINTING.
Jarves, James Jackson:
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855.
xv,398pp. Original decorative cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. Spine slightly soiled, head of spine chipped, one-inch chip in cloth.. more
Price: $100.00
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ARTIST-LIFE: OR, SKETCHES OF AMERICAN PAINTERS.
Tuckerman, Henry T.:
New York & Philadelphia. 1847.
237,[2]pp. Original blindstamped cloth. Unobtrusive library discharge stamp on front pastedown, light foxing, else a fine copy. Collection of biographical.. more
Price: $225.00
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