4to. 152 pp. Sturdy and clean. Some light wear. Top of spine a little worn. Overall very good.

See photo for table of contents of this item. Item #2175

New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd., 1983. Inscribed and signed by Philip Pearlstein on half-title page. 275 pp. 4to. Softcover. Fine condition. ISBN: 0881680028 Item #206

Association Française d'Action Artistique, octobre 1989. 249 pp. perfect bound 4to. 11-3/4" x 8-1/4." Short diagonal crease across top right corner of cover, otherwise, very good to fine condition.

Text in French. Beautifully illustrated with full color photos of ceremonial masks, sculptures from the Ivory Coast. ISBN: 286545076.7 Item #311

La Jolla: Hans-Curt Köstner, A Star and Elephant Book from the Green Tiger Press, 1982. Charming illustrations grace each and every page, most in color. First Edition. Square 4to. 11-3/16" x 11-2/16. Glossy pictorial boards. 193 pp. One small dent in the joint between spine and front cover. Otherwise a book in fine condition.

The Carl Larsson Exhibitions at the Amos Anderson Museum in Helsinki in 1981/82 and the Brooklyn Museum in New York late in 1982 make it clear that perennial interest in this artist continues even in our day. . . . .What is the basis for this so constant interest in an artist who is hardly "modern"? At all events, what we may call the "generation gap" does not seem to have been a factor regarding this interest in the case of Larsson. The present work seeks an answer to this question in, I feel, a new form, in that it confronts the reader with his work, his life and also his feeling in a sequence which has hitherto not been attempted. ISBN: 0914676938 Item #837

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, (1990). Small 4to. 10-1/4" x 7-3/8" Black cloth covered boards stamped in silver. 553 pp. including index.

This book examines how the preeminent painter of western Indians before the Civil War went about the business of making a living from his work. Catlin shared with such artists as Seth Eastman and John Mix Stanley a desire to preserve a visual record of a race seen as doomed and competed with them for federal assistance. In a young republic with little institutional and governmental support available, painters, writers, and scholars became rivals and sometimes bitter adversaries. Brian W. Dippie untangles the complex web of interrelationships between artists, government officials, members of Congress, businessmen antiquarians and literati, kings and queens, and the Indians themselves. In this history of the politics of patronage during the nineteenth century, luminaries like Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Henry H. Sibley, John James Audubon, Alfred Jacob Miller, and Karl Bodmer are linked with Catlin in a contest for the support of the arts, setting a precedent for later generations.

The best book in American cultural history that I have read in the last twenty-five years. Dippie's organization and presentation of a very complex subject is a dazzling performance, fully matched by his brilliant and evocative writing." - William H. Goetzmann, Pulitzer Prize winning author and Stiles Professor of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin. "An engrossing story of one of the most important of the early western artists and his attempt to secure the government purchase of his Indian Gallery. It is based on sound research." Item #430

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, (2007). Aike Taiga with Kyoko Kinoshita. First Edition. 4to. 11-7/8" x 9-3/16". Perfect bound softcover. Bottom corner of front cover a little curled. Otherwise fone.

503 pagea Item #2431

Phaidon. 2nd ed. Hard Cover. fine / fine. Item #1794

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. There are 58 illustrations in half-tone and a full color reproduction of L'Anglais au Moulin Rouge. Second Printing. Large 8vo. Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 370 pp. plus xxiv pp. index. Light scattered foxing. Overall clean, tight and very good to fine. / Dust jacket a little soiled. Damp spot on spine of jacket. Item #888

London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1924. With 200 Illustrations and a Coloured Plate. Prefaced by Professor S. Ricci, Translated by Emmie M. Kirkman. Small 4to. 10-11/16" x 7-7/8". Blind stamped blue cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in gold.178 pp. Extremities lightly rubbed. A little residue on front pastedown from bookplate having been removed. Overall a very good copy. Item #1253

Munich and New York: Prestel, (1995). First Published on the occasion of the exhibition Africa, The Art of a Continent, Royal Academy of Arts, London 4 October 1995 through 21 January 1996. Large 4to. 12" x 10". Black cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in red. 620 pp. with 854 illustrations, 801 in colour. As new condition. / Dust jacket also as new.

The contents are arranged geographically in a 'grand tour' that divides the continent into seven areas. Beginning with Ancient Egypt and Nubia, the tour proceeds through Ethiopia and the Sudan to the eastern coast and southern Africa, then moves up through central Africa to the coastal areas of west Africa and the countries of the sub Saharan region. The survey ends in northern Africa, coming full circle with discussion of Egypt in its Christian and Islamic periods. Within each of these seven sections objects are arranged in broadly chronological order. They demonstrate the wide range of styles in African art, inspired by different religions and cultures, and the equally astonishing variety of materials, from dung to gold and including bronze, ivory and terracotta, as well as superb wood carvings from all over the continent. Works of art from major public and private collections in Europe and the USA are juxtaposed with the finest from Africa itself.

Commentaries on the objects, the vast majority of which are illustrated, have been provided by more than 100specialists in the fields of archaeology, ethnography, anthropology and art history. Four introductory essays examine specific aspects of African art and its reception in the West. ISBN: 3719316036 Item #339

London: 1873. Signed by Ruskin at the bottom of the Preface to the New Edition. Final and third edition, limited to 1000 copies. Royal 8vo. 3/4 leather and lovely satin finish marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Bindings are attractive with only a little rubbing here and there along the joints and head and foot of spines. A set of tight, clean, very good books with some heavy foxing on prelims of all volumes and a little light foxing scattered here and there. However, all plates are in very good condition.

Volumes 1-4 Out of 5 - Volume 5 is missing. Volumes 3 and 4 have etched plates, 18 in vol. 3 and 35 in vol. 4.

Affixed to the front pastedown endpaper of each volume is the engraved bookplate of C.R.L. Fletcher with a coat of arms. Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher (10/22/1857 - 4/30/1934) was an English historian. Item #723

New York, Tokyo and Kyoto: Weatherhill/Tankosha, (1971). Profusely illustrated in color and many black and white photos. Stated First Edition. Performing Arts of Japan: V. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6-3/16". Beige blind stamped buckram. 207 pp. Previous owner's bookplate on free front endpaper. Otherwise very good to fine condition. / Dust jacket is a little faded along spine and top edge. Otherwise condition is fine.

This book introduces Gagaku from the viewpoint of the general reader who wishes to know the essential facts about it. The approach is mainly a visual one, as the generous selection of illustrations makes clear. Musicians and dancers, scenes from Gagaku performances, masks, costumes, musical instruments, paintings from Gagaku history - all these are pictured here to complement a pleasantly informative text that traces the development of Gagaku, explains its orchestral and dance techniques, interprets its aesthetics, and re-creates for the reader the atmosphere in which it is performed. Item #1088

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1898. Illustrated with twenty full-page plates and 409 Illustrations. Second Edition. 4to. 12-3/8" x 9-1/8". Pictorial red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. Some water spotting on front cover. Some foxing throughout. Spine faded a little and gold flaking off a little.

Sacred Dances; Religious Dances; THe Grand Ballet; Dancing in the "Great Century"; Dancing Under Louis XV; Madeleine Guimard; Rustic and Pastoral Dances; Spanish Dances; Modern Greek Dances; Contemporary Dances; Public Balls; Modern Dancing; A Grief Survey of the Ballets of this Century; Erly History of Dancing in Great Britain; Irish Jigs, Hornpipe Scotch Reels; Highland Flings, etc. Item #1379