American Books

The Wrightsman collection, Vols. I-V. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966-1973. First edition hardcovers with dust jackets. 2248 pp. Inscribed by the Wrightsmans. The complete series of The Wrightsman collection catalogues from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jayne and Charles Wrightsman, who, in a relatively short period of time—beginning in 1952—amassed the finest private collection in America of the decorative arts of the Ancien Régime (15th c until 1792). Throughout the years the Wrightsmans' active interest in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts has resulted in splendid gifts that have enabled the Museum to create an unparalleled and truly encyclopaedic collection of French 18th c...

Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968' S.M.S. is an art collection in a box that was available by subscription in 1968. Through February and December, subscribers were mailed six issues containing assorted works of art curated by William N. Copley. The portfolios consist of “original reproductions" by 73 artists including William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, John Cage, Terry Riley and more. S.M.S. included renowned and unknown artists side by side. As form of protest against galleries, S.M.S. made contemporary art affordable and accessible at a modest price of $125.00 per subscription. The portfolios are all kept in their original display covers. Edition of approximately 2,000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press. Volume No. 1 February 1968 Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton (cover), Irving Penn; Black Dress, James Lee Byars; Chicago Project…, Walter de Maria; My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Kasper Konig; Luggage Labels Nancy Reitkopf; Project for a Bridge, Sue Braden; A Postcard for Mother, Richard Hamilton; Two Propositions in Black, Le Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Store Front, Christo; Sol Mednick; Pharmaceuticals, Julian Levy. Volume No. 2 April 1968 Seven Minute Recording of Contapetrie, a surrealist word game (cover), Marcel Duchamp; The Mirror of Genoveva, Meret Oppenheim; Three Color Separations, Alain Jacquet; A Two-Year-Old Girl Choked to Death Today on an Easter Egg, Ray Johnson; A Proposed Comic Section for the New York Times, Bernard Pfreim; Farwell to Faust, George Reavey; Album, Clovis Trouille; Legal Tender, Bruce Conner; 10 collages, Marcia Hertscovitz; Cynocephalus & Co., Nicolas Calas. Volume No. 3 June 1968 Untitled abstract landscapes (cover), John Battan; Clouds, William Bryant (Bill Copley); Ode to London, Dick Higgens; Two Drawings, Ronnie Landfield; Bush in Hand, Roland Penrose; The Father of Mona Lisa, Man Ray, signed and numbered; Glove, Enrico Baj; Four Titled Abstracts, Joseph Kosuth; Correspondence, H.C. Westerman; Signal Flag Poem, Hannah Weiner; Poppy Nogoods All Night Flight, Terry Riley; Poems, Atograf. Volume No. 4 August 1968 Untitled (cover), Robert Stanley; Drift Study 4:37:4:05:09:50 5 VII 68, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Permanent Parking Decal, Robert Watts; 100 Year Calendar, On Kawara; Lichtenstein Hat, Roy Lichtenstein; Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued, John Cage; Phenakistiscope, Hollis Frampton...

Wedgwood, a Living Tradition by John Meredith Graham II and Hensleigh Cecil Wedgwood. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the Brooklyn Museum, 1948. Limited first e...

Miniature Antique Furniture by Herbert F. and Peter B. Schiffer. Wynnewood: Livingston Publishing Company, 1972. First edition hardcover wi...

Seven catalogues from the Chinese Porcelain Company on Oriental Porcelain, Export Porcelain and French Furniture. Chinese Ceramics and Wo...

Oriental Art at Auction, 1st Ed Presentation Copy, Robert Eldred August 1973. Red leather bound with gilt highlights. Presented to the consignor with a...

American Iconology, New Approaches to Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. 344 pp. Overview of the "sister arts"...

Published by the Architectural Book Publishing Company, second printing, revised and enlarged edition, 1946. With text by Emrich Nicholson and a fore...

Learning from Longhouse by Jack Lenor Larsen. Pointed Leaf Press, 2016. Signed and Stated first edition hardcover with no dust jacket as published. LongHouse Reserve was founded by J...

Sotheby's, Jewels, Watches and the Costume Jewelry Collection of Mrs. James W. Alsdorf. This post auction catalog consists of 111 pages with 549 lots all illustrated in color and B&W...

Rarities in American cut-glass. Index, black & white and color photographs. Book in very nice condition, head and tail of spine lightly bumped, light bump on top edge cover, light foxing inside front and rear covers, light insect depredation on open edges. Dust jacket has light foxing, chips and tiny tears to edges, rubs on back cover. First edition copy inscribed by author on first page, "Enjoy the Fine (five?) xxxxx (can't read it) pictured in the book. Herb Wiener." An exhibit of over 475 of the rarest pieces of cut glass ever to be manufactured in the United States. Wiener, Herb; Freda Lipkowitz Published by The Collectors House...

Horizon Summer 1967 Hardcover – January 1, 1967 Horizon Magazine - A Magazine Of The Arts, Summer 1967 By Thorndike, Joseph Ed/ New York: American ...

Sotheby's: The Andy Warhol Collection Americana and European and American Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Vol. V, Friday, April 29 and Saturday,...

Wind Ups: Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection by Teruhisa Kitahara. Chronicle Books, 1985. Paperback. first Edition softcover. Contains hundreds of full color and black and white illustrations of toys from Kitihara's collection. The collection consists of antique Japanese wind...

A Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, Establishing the Preeminence of the Dublin Craftsmen by F. Lewis Hinckley. Crown Publishers Inc., New York, 1971. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. This is a controversial book that presents evidence to show that furniture long considered English in origin was actually designed and produced in Dublin. 467 illustrations. Includes an Index: Bookcases, Furniture, Tables, Armchairs, Antiques, Badminton House...

A Last Encore by Noel Coward Published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston 1973. First American Edition. The wit of Noel Coward's words alongside...

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. The Age of Jackson. New York: The American Past, 1989. Book of the Month Club edition. New introduction by the author with original boards, dust jacket, s...

‘Antiques for the Table’, A Complete Guide to dining room accessories for Collecting and Entertaining by Sheila Chefetz. Penguin Publishing Group 1993. Signed and inscribed first edition 4th printing hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed "Enjoy our 'feast' for the eyes!" More than 200 full-color photographs. 'Antiques for the Table' presents dozens of table setting ideas for every occasion. Antiques authority Sheila Chefetz tells readers how to use, store, identify, and appreciate fine examples of 18th, 19th, and 20th century China, glass, and silver. A definitive volume on antique tableware...

Luminist Horizons: The Art and Collection of James A. Suydam by Katherine Manthorne, Mark Mitchell. National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, 2006. Stated 1st stated...

The Universal Story: The Complete History of the Studio and Its 2,641 Films by Clive Hirschhorn. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Crown Publishers Inc., New York, USA, 1987....

Sustainable Environments by Yenna Chan and Alicia Kennedy. Rockport Publishers, MA, 2007. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. "A highly visual look at architectural design deta...

Exiles and Imigrés, the flight of European Artists from Hitler. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997. First Edition softcover. 432pp. A catalogue published in conjunction with a tra...

American Painted Furniture by Cynthia V.A. Schaffner and Susan Klein. New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1997. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. An examination of A...

Christie's: Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Ceramics and Carpets in eluding the Property of Moillie Wilmot. First edition auction catalog, 338 lots all in color and fully...

Set of Six 1st Ed, Limited Ed and Signed Books on Lionel Toy Trains. 1. Greenberg's Guide to Lionel Trains by Bruce C. Greenberg, 1945-1969. Sykesville: G...

American Art Nouveau by Diane Chalmers Johnson. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1981. 2nd Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The American Art Nouveau movement, including: Louis Comfort ...

Signals of the Twenties. Modena, Happy Books, 1988 Measures: 12" x 8"5. Small book hard cover about signals.  

Presenting a signed first edition of ‘Minding the Store’ a memoir by Stanley Marcus. Published by Little, Brown (1974). First edition second printing. Pages 383. Dust cover ...

This is Helen Keller’s personal reading copy of The New Outlook for the Blind, December 1960, Volume 54, Number 10. The periodical is inscribed in the upp...

Pair of Sotheby's Catalogues: The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection: 17th Century English Chinoiserie Silver and 18th Century French and English Silver, May 21, 1992. Sotheby's New York,...

Between Fences: by Gregory K. Dreicer (Editor). Princeton Architectural Press, 1996. Stated 1st Ed paperback. Fences have played an essential role in the American building tradition ...

Pair of leather bookendss with hand tooled flower design. Trimmed with intricate leather lacing around edges.

The Last Country Houses by Clive Aslet. New Haven: Yale University Press. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1982. 344 pp. The social and architectural history of the prospero...

One of the world’s great architects, Frank O. Gehry has produced an astonishing body of work. With the artistry of a sculptor and the brilliant articulation of an engineer, Gehry creates constructions that defy categorization. Over three hundred projects and a thousand illustrations — includes, among others, the controversial American Center in Paris; Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis; Nationale-Nedelanden Building (Fred and Ginger Building) in Prague; Vitra Headquarters in Weil am Rhein, Germany; California Aerospace Museum; Loyola Law School in Los Angeles; Chiat Day...

China and glass in America, 1880-1980: From Table Top to TV Tray by Charles L Venable. Harry N. Abrams., NY, 2000. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. A beautifully illustrated...

"Women Photographers at National Geographic". Hardcover book, September 1, 2000 Celebrating the women who have helped make National Geographic one ...

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Oriental Art. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 195 pp. A large book ...

American Cinema: One Hundred Years of Filmmaking by Jeanine Basinger. Rizzoli International Publications, NY, 1994. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "This book was published to com...

Sotheby's: The Breitbart Collection of Antiquities & Ancient Glass, 6/1990. 145 lots, Ancient Glass; Egyptian, Western Asiatic, and classical antiquities...

The peoples of North America, the Japanese Americans. Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Japanese, factors encouraging their emigra...

Whirlwind by James Clavell. William Morrow & Co., New York, 1986. Stated First editon hardcover with dust jacket. The story of three weeks of fanaticism,...

Sotheby's: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Hilbert: Important French and English Furniture. Sotheby's NY 2007. First Edition softcover. The Hilbert Collection was rich in fine examples of French Furniture and decorations. Among the highlights was a splendid early Louis XVI Parquetry Commode...

Catalogue from Famous Faces Watch Auction for Charity, New York City February 24, 1999. New York: Antiquorum Editions, 1999. Soft cover, 237 pp. A star studded auction catalogue of watches owned or selected by stars of film, tv, radio, music, and sports with proceeds going to their chosen charity. Stars include: President Trump...

Sotheby's Catalog: Americana from the Collection of M. Austin and Jill R. Fine, January 30, 1987. First edition softcover with 196 lots photographed in color and B&W and fully descri...

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art/ Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, 2018. First edition softcover. This handbook consists of a...

Samuel Goldwyn Presents by Alvin H Marill. A.S. Barnes and Co., NY, 1976. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Samuel Goldwyn Presents offers a comprehensive study of Samuel Goldwyn. o...

The Jingguantang Collection Part III fine and important Chinese ceramics and Works of Art, Christie’s; New York September 18, 1997. First edition soft...

The United Artists Story, by Ronald Bergan. Crown Publishers, New York, 1986. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with Brodart covered dust jacket. This book tells the fascinating story of "the ...

Meissen, organized by the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 1977. 1st Ed softcover. A museum exhibition that started with a core donation from ...

First Edition, published by Museum of Modern Art, New York, and The MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1976. This first edition of this groundbreaking book, cited by photographic historian ...

John Kingerlee: A Painter’s Passage, by Jonathan Bennington. Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008. 1st Ed softcover. This survey of Kingerlee’s work includes p...

1. Clear As Crystal, Red As Flame: Later Chinese Glass, by Claudia Brown, Donald Rabiner. Natural History, University of Washington Press, 1990. Gloriously colored Chinese glass arti...

Jim Dine, The Alchemy of Images by Marco Livingstone Published by The Monacelli Press, New York 1998. Harback in dust jacket Included. First edition. Comprehensive overview...

First Edition, published by Whitney Museum of Art and Pace Editions, New York, 1971. First and only edition, limited to 2000 copies. The Artist Lucas Samaras' celebrated first mono...

Porch Presence: Interior design for the Exterior Room, by Sally Fennell. Grove Weidenfeld Press, New York, 1990. Stated 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. It begins with a histo...

Colonial Ironwork in Old Philadelphia: The Craftsmanship of the Early Days of the Republic by Philip B. Wallace. Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1930. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. "147 pages of detailed drawings and magnificent photographs show the craftsmanship of the early days of the Republic in the studies of gates, railings, lamps, locks, hinges, weathervanes, and all the beautiful things that were made by our forefathers." This illustrated tribute to Philadelphia's many well-preserved examples of colonial ironwork has 182 clear and fantastic, large B&W photographs and 41 measured drawings. These rendered ironworks appear in the railings and gates of churchyards, on the marble steps...

First Edition, published by Concordia Publishing House, St Louis & London 1969. An important and appreciative visual study of Christian artists across Africa, Asia and with several ...

French Furniture of the 18th century by Pierre Verlet and Penelope Hunter-Stiebel (Translator). University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1991. First edition thus hardcover ...