Golden Age Illustrators

 
Bernard Darwin, Harry Rountree, Darwin, Bernard, Rountree, Harry, Near Fine in Very Good+ price-clipped dustjacket (topedge lightly spotted, dustjacket edge rubbed with two small closed tears), Storey Communications, Pownal, VT, 1988, 1st thus, 9.4 inches, 7.4 inches, 290 pages, 50 color and 14 black & white plates, hardcover, cloth, English

British illustrator Harry Rountree was an avid golfer, illustrating several golf books--and this title is his most famous golf book by far. Rountree created...

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Very Fine, Julio Ruelas, Ruelas, Julio, Editorial RM, 2007, 1st, 9789689345053, Softcover, stiff oversize cloth wraps, Spanish, English

This is a generous collection of works by Julio Ruelas (1870-1907), an illustrator and painter of cadavers, hanged satyrs, bewitching maidens, sudden...

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Fine plates & NF booklet (light foxing) in a VG+ printed folder with tassel ties, Bradshaw, Percy V., Salmon, Balliol, Balliol Salmon, Press Art School, nd (circa 1917), 1st

Six plates reproducing six stages in the creation of "Friendly Criticism" a drawing in Russian charcoal. A 12 page booklet profiles the artist's...

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Sargent and Spain
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Sarah Cash, Elaine Kilmurray, Richard Ormond, Singer John Sargent, Cash, Elaine Kilmurray, Richard Ormond, Sarah, Sargent, Singer John, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2022, 9780300266467, 10.6 inches, 9.8 inches, 256 pages, 230 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

For the first time, explore John Singer Sargent's fascination with Spain as seen in stunning landscapes, architectural views, figure studies, and scenes of...

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Jose Segrelles, Segrelles, Jose, #295 of 3000 copies, Fine/Fine, Graficas Bormac, Valencia, Spain, 1986, 1st, 13.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 188 pages, 194 color illustrations, hardcover, cloth, Spanish

The largest and best monograph on this magnificent Spanish painter-illustrator. He illustrated Poe's Tales of Mystery & Imagination, Wells' The War of...

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Millard Sheets, VG+, Sheets, Millard, Kennedy Galleries, 1980, 1st, wraps

"Millard Sheets takes us on a pictorial tour of the world through the far-flung settings and spacious formats of his paintings. "An affirmation of life...

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Peter Clapham Sheppard: His Life and Work
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Tom Smart, Peter Clapham Sheppard, Smart, Tom, Sheppard, Peter Clapham, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear to dustjacket), Richmond Hill, ON, Firefly Books, 2018, 1st, 9780228100782, 11.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 240 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

"The book comes alive through images of urban scenes in Toronto, Montreal, and New York. The depictions of snowy 1920s Montreal in particular, with their...

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Everett Shinn 1876 - 1953
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Everett Shinn, Fine/Fine, DeShazo, Edith, Shinn, Everett, Clarkson N. Potter, 1974, 1st, cloth spine

Everett Shinn was a painter of the Ashcan School as well as an illustrator. From the dustjacket: "Everett Shinn, born in 1876 in Woodstown, New...

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The Illustration Collector #33
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Very Fine, Everett Shinn, Shinn, Everett, Illustration House, 1995, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 16 pages, 5 color and 35 black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

Everett Shinn was a painter of the ash can school as well as an illustrator. 40 pieces from 1915-1920 fully described (with prices) and reproduced from...

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John Sloan, NF without dust jacket as issued (spine label missing), Sloan, John, American Artists Group, 1945, Later, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

John Sloan was an ash can school painter and an associate of Robert Henri.

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John Sloan, VG+ without dust jacket as issued, Sloan, John, American Artists Group, 1945, Later, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

John Sloan was an ash can school painter and an associate of Robert Henri.

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John Sloan: An American View
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John Sloan, Sloan, John, Very Fine in publisher's shrinkwrap, Kraushaar Galleries, New York, 2008, 1st, 8.5 inches, 11 inches, 64 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

An illustrated catalogue prepared for the Krushaar Galleries' 2008 exhibition of work by John Sloan. 23 color plates and 9 etchings, plus photos of Sloan....

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John Sloan, Fine/NF price-clipped dust jacket (light edge wear to dust jacket), Scott, David, Sloan, John, Watson Guptill, 1975, 1st, cloth

A biography and comprehensive career overview of this urban realist, a painter of what became known as "The Ash Can School." Written by an art historian at...

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Jessie Wilcox Smith
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Jessie Wilcox Smith, Fine/Fine, Schnessel, S. Michael, Smith, Jessie Wilcox, Crowell, nd (circa 1978), 1st, cloth

A biography and career overview of this popular illustrator. Appendices with detailed listings of her illustrated books, magazine covers, illustrations,...

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Malcolm Smith, Smith, Malcolm, Very Fine, Shasta Publishers, Los Angeles, 1951, 1st, 7.75 inches, 19.5 inches, two-color, English

A pristine unfolded dustjacket from the archive of Shasta Publishers. A beautiful example of mid-century design and printing. A first printing dustjacket...

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Sorolla: The Masterworks
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Blanca Pons-Sorolla, Joaquin Sorolla, Pons-Sorolla, Blanca, Sorolla, Joaquin, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Skira Rizzoli, New York, 2012, 978-0-8478-3933-9, 11.25 inches, 9.75 inches, 224 pages, over 100 color and many black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

About This Book A new survey of the best works by the elusive and spectacular Spanish Impressionist Joaquín Sorolla. Often compared to his...

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INSCRIBED & dated Sept. 1981 by the author, Fine/Near Fine, Arthur Spear, Spear, Jr., Arthur, Spear, Arthur, Warren Historical Society and St. Botolph Club, 1981, 1st, 11 inches, 8 inches, viii, 72 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth

Spear (1879 - 1959) was known primarily for paintings of nymphs, fauns, undersea dwellers, and other imaginary scenes. Inscribed & dated Sept. 1981...

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J. Allen St. John, St. John, J. Allen, Limited to 500 deluxe slipcased copies with an extra 16 page portfolio, Fine/Fine in Near Fine slipcase (small bump to one lower corner), Vanguard, Montclair, NJ, 2005, 1st, 11.5 inches, 9 inches, 192 pages, 174 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, leather, English

The Limited Slipcased Edition which sold out immediately upon publication. This slipcased edition contains an extra 16-page ''Collector's Edition...

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Limited to 2000 copies, Very Fine (bright, flat, clean), J. Allen St. John, Richardson, Darrell C., St. John, J. Allen, Mid-America Publishers, 1991, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 112 pages, 10 color and 180 black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

The primary reference on this artist.  Contents: Introduction. Books. Magazines. Miscellaneous. From the bookflap: Though not generally...

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Penrhyn Stanlaws, Stanlaws, Penrhyn, Very Good+ (some slight wear to the edges, left edge somewhat unevenly trimmed), New York, 1930, 1st, 14 inches, 11 inches, color

A dreamy Penrhyn Stanlaws cover from the August 19, 1933 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, volume 206, number 8. This is an actual vintage cover from...

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R. C. Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, T. S. Sullivant, Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, R. C., Sullivant, T. S., Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2021, 1st, 9781683963646, 12.2 inches, 9.2 inches, 424 pages, black & white illustrations, with some color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

A mint copy of this out-of-print monograph! The long-overdue, definitive career retrospective of turn-of-the-century cartoonist T. S. Sullivant. He...

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R. C. Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, T. S. Sullivant, Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, R. C., Sullivant, T. S., From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Mild rubbing to three corners otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2021, 1st, 9781683963646, 12.2 inches, 9.2 inches, 424 pages, black & white illustrations, with some color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

Out of print. The long-overdue, definitive career retrospective of turn-of-the-century cartoonist T. S. Sullivant. He created numerous panel cartoons for...

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R. C. Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, T. S. Sullivant, Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, R. C., Sullivant, T. S., Mild rubbing/wear to the rear corners, front corners sharp, light blunt bump to the bottom of the spine, otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2021, 1st, 9781683963646, 12.2 inches, 9.2 inches, 424 pages, black & white illustrations throughout with 30 pages in color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

Out of print. The long-overdue, definitive career retrospective of turn-of-the-century cartoonist T. S. Sullivant. He created numerous panel cartoons for...

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The Art of Haddon Sundblom
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Daniel Zimmer, Haddon Sundblom, Zimmer, Daniel, Sundblom, Haddon, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, Illustrated Press, St. Louis, 2018, 2nd 2022, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 224 pages, over 300 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Now in Stock! A new printing! Yay! From the publisher: The son of Scandinavian immigrants, Haddon Sundblom became one of most influential...

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Clement C. Moore, Haddon Sundblom, Garin Baker, Moore, Clement C., Sundblom, Garin Baker, Haddon, Fine, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2001, 1st, 10.25 inches, 8.25 inches, 44 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

23 color illustrations by Garin Baker illustrate Clement C. Moore's poem "Twas The Night Before Christmas." 5 full-page and 5 smaller color illustrations...

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Inner Portraits - 2001 Edition
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Stanislav Szukalski, Szukalski, Stanislav, Near Fine (light wear, very flat, tight, clean), Last Gasp, San Francisco, 2001, 9780867194944, 12.25 inches, 11 inches, 96 pages, 14 color and numerous black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

Author, sculptor, heretic. Stanislav Szukalski was born in Poland in 1893. During his tumultuous artistic career, he was involved in the Chicago renaissance...

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Stanislav Szukalski, Szukalski, Stanislav, Inscribed by the artist, Very Good (front cover torn, moderate wear to covers, staining to the back cover, mild wrinking to the first three pages, binding and interior sound), Glenn Bray, Sylmar, 1982, 1st, 12.25 inches, 11 inches, 94 pages, black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

This copy is inscribed by Szukalski: "To Dear / Jim Hickey / With Good wishes / [undecipherable] gifted / Szukalski" It is inscribed to then Hanna-Barbera...

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Edmund C. Tarbell, Fine/NF price-clipped dust jacket, Pierce, Patricia Jobe, Tarbell, Edmund C., Pierce Galleries, 1980, 1st, cloth, English

Edmund C. Tarbell was through his art and teachings the founder of the style known as the Boston school of painting. This is the primary book on the...

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Daniel Zimmer, Saul Tepper, Zimmer, Daniel, Tepper, Saul, One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in Very Fine slipcase in publisher's shrinkwrap, Illustrated Press, St. Louis, 2020, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 224 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The Deluxe Edition limited to just 100 copies! It has a green cloth slipcase embossed with the artist's autograph in white ink, and a tipped-in color plate...

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Pin-Ups: Toulouse-Lautrec & the Art of Celebrity
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Hannah Brocklehurst, Frances Fowle, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, et al, Brocklehurst, Frances Fowle, Hannah, Toulouse-Lautrec, et al, Henri de, Very Fine, Edinburgh, National Galleries Of Scotland, 2018, 11.8 inches, 6.8 inches, 120 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, French wraps, English

Explores Toulouse-Lautrec's art as a printmaker Unique perspective on the role of the poster and wider print distribution as a tool for communication and...

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Joseph Urban
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John Loring, Joseph Urban, Loring, John, Urban, Joseph, Very Fine in Fine dustjacket, New York, Abrams, 2010, 1st, 978-0-8109-9026-5, 11.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 224 pages, 200 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

200 color drawings, illustrations, paintings, renderings, and stage sets, nearly half of which have never been published. From the publisher: Joseph...

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John H. Vanderpoel, Vanderpoel, John H., Fine, New York, Dover Publications, 1958, Later, 9780486204321, 0486204324, 9.25 inches, 6.25 inches, 144 pages, 430 black and white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

The classic art instruction book on how to draw the human figure. With a foreword by George Bridgman. Includes 430 pencil and charcoal drawings. From the...


Gustav Vigeland, VF, Wikberg, Tone, Vigeland, Gustav, Normanns, 1991, wraps, English, German, French, Spanish

Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) was a sculptor. This is a picture book of the Vigeland Sculpture Park and Museum in Oslo. Deco sculptures of nude men,...

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Tone Wikberg, Gustav Vigeland, Wikberg, Tone, Vigeland, Gustav, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light wear, tight, clean), Oslo, Aschehoug, 1992, 2nd, 9788203170010, 11.4 inches, 9 inches, 64 pages, 80 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This is a picture book full of great Deco sculptures of nude figures: men, women and children, by Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943). Text in English. Out of...

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Vigeland
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Gustav Vigeland, VF, Vigeland, Gustav, Normanns, 1993, wraps, German, French, English, Spanish

Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) was a sculptor. This is a picture book of the Vigeland Sculpture Park and Museum in Oslo. Deco sculptures of nude men,...

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Walt Reed, Harold Von Schmidt, Reed, Walt, Von Schmidt, Harold, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (mild rubbing to dustjacket), Northland, Flagstaff, AZ, 1972, 1st, 13 inches, 10.2 inches, 230 pages, 50 color and 170 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

A very sharp copy of the only major monograph on this Saturday Evening Post illustrator and Western painter. Written by illustration expert and founder of...

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Walt Reed, Harold Von Schmidt, Reed, Walt, Von Schmidt, Harold, Fine lacking dustjacket, Northland, Flagstaff, AZ, 1972, 1st, 13 inches, 10.2 inches, 230 pages, 50 color and 170 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

A very sharp copy of the only major monograph on this Saturday Evening Post illustrator and Western painter. Written by illustration expert and founder of...

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The Art of Franz Wacik
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Dan Zimmer, Franz Wacik, Zimmer, Dan, Wacik, Franz, Print run of 900 copies, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, Decatur, IL, Illustrated Press, 2023, 1st, 9781735895741, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 224 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This spectacular new book explores the work of Austrian artist Franz Wacik, whose breathtaking and imaginative illustrations were featured in the satire...

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J. W. Waterhouse
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Peter Trippi, J. W. Waterhouse, Trippi, Peter, Waterhouse, J. W., Fine in Fine dustjacket, Phaidon, London, 2005, 9780714845180, 11.4 inches, 10 inches, 252 pages, 211 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

A profusely illustrated study of the Victorian painter. 211 color illustrations. Out of print. From the publisher: John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)...

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Animal Inn
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Very Good+/Very Good+, Milo Winter, Moe, Virginia, Winter, Milo, Houghton Mifflin, 1946, 176 pages, over 75 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

"The Stories of a Trailside Museum." Tales of various animals who have been brought to the museum, well-illustrated with charming detailed pen drawings...

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Grant Wood, VG+ (one corner bumped, spine & edges lightly rubbed), Dennis, James M., Wood, Grant, Viking, 1975, 1st, cloth

The first extensive monograph on this American regionalist painter (1892-1942).

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N. C. Wyeth
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Kate F. Jennings, N. C. Wyeth, Jennings, Kate F., Wyeth, N. C., Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket (large closed tear along the dustjacket spine, other light wear), Crescent, New York, 1992, 2nd, 14.75 inches, 10.75 inches, 112 pages, 84 color and 10 black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A fine introduction to golden age illustrator Newell Convers Wyeth (1884-1945) with 84 largely full-page color plates and a biography with 10 black &...

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N.C. Wyeth: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings
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Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Podmaniczky, Christine B., Wyeth, N. C., Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in Very Fine slipcase, Scala Publishers, London, 2008, 1st, 12.5 inches, 13.5 inches, 920 pages, over 2000 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Limited Supply! Brand New Shrinkwrapped Copies! Available at this price for a limited time! We have the last remaining copies from this warehouse...

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Zorn
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Anders Zorn, Zorn, Anders, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light bumps and wear to the corners otherwise new & unread), Shandong Fine Arts Publishing House, China, 2005, 9787533020903, 12.75 inches, 10.6 inches, 240 pages, over 240 illustrations, most in color, hardcover, pictorial boards

A large Chinese monograph collecting over 240 works in various media by Anders Zorn. Most of the illustrations are from various Swedish publications. Text...

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Very Good+ (spine ends and corners lightly frayed, canvas covers lightly soiled, interior very sound), A. Kroch and Son, Chicago, 1944, 1st, 13 inches, 11 inches, 302 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, decorative cloth, English

"A Record of the Exhibition of Advertising Art Sponsored By the Art Directors Cub of Chicago and Presented at the Chicago Art Institute" A great survey...

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Susan E. Meyer, Meyer, Susan E., Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (dustjacket spine slightly sunned), New York, Abrams, 1978, 1st, 0810906805, 13.25 inches, 10.5 inches, 311 pages, 417 illustrations, including 186 color plates, some tipped-in, hardcover, cloth, English

I love this book! A sharp copy of the first printing of an absolutely dynamite book profiling ten artists from the Golden Age of illustration: Howard Pyle,...

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J. Stewart Johnson, Johnson, J. Stewart, Fine/Fine, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 2000, 1st, 9780810942080, 0810942089, 10 inches, 10 inches, 192 pages, 142 color and 30 black & white photographs, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The book accompanies a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which features 125 objects from...

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Very Fine/Very Fine, Doreen Bolger, Bolger, Doreen, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989, 1st, 11 inches, 9 inches, xii, 248 pages, 35 color and 205 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

"This catalogue investigates the Museum's remarkable collection of American pastels, from charming eighteenth-century portraits to abstract works by...

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