North American Books

Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Written By Himself. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First edition. In two volumes. Rebound in quarter blue leather and ...

Chariot-Race: from Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace illustrated by Sigismond Ivanowski. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1908. Decorative purple and gilt illustrated binding, shelf we...

Author: WARHOL, Andy & Pat Hackett. Title: POPism The Warhol '60s. Publisher: NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. FIRST EDITION SIGNED TWICE. 1 ...

Clinton, Bill. My Life. New York: Knopf, 2004. Signed Limited Edition. No. 1190 of 1500 copies. Signed by Bill Clinton on the limitation page. Blue cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, facsimile signature blindstamped on front cover. In matching blue cloth slipcase. This is a signed limited edition of Bill Clinton's memoir, My Life. First published by Knopft in 2004, this is a signed limited edition printing, issued by the same publisher in the same year. The book is numbered 1190 of only 1500 copies and is signed by Clinton on the limitation page in blue ink. An engrossing read, President...

Henri Matisse & Pablo Picasso MATISSE PICASSO New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002. First Edition; First By Anne Baldassari & Elizabeth Cowling & John Golding & Isabelle Monod...

Guy Bourdin ranks high in the pantheon of the most important photographers of the second half of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, and notably as a star photographer through three decades for Vogue Paris, he dramatically extended the possibilities of what a fashion photograph could be, making images that are distinctive, intense, haunting, and unforgettable. A painter all his life and an ever-curious self-taught photographer, Guy Bourdin pursued his unique artistic vision with single-mindedness and absolute integrity. An instinctive Surrealist, creator of enigmatic narratives, and a maverick art director, he conceived timeless images that have remained a powerful influence and inspiration for successive generations. Born in Paris, Guy Bourdin began exhibiting drawings and painting in his early twenties. After becoming a protégé of the Surrealist artist Man Ray, Bourdin showed his first photography exhibition in 1952, with an introduction by his mentor in the catalog. Incredibly, this was just five years before he would exhibit his work at the International Photography Biennale in Venice. By 1955, Guy embarked on a long career of magazine editorials, with his first publication in the February issue of Vogue Paris entitled “Chapeaux Choc.” By the 1960s, Bourdin became one of the most celebrated photographers in the magazine, with total artistic freedom. In 1967, Bourdin began a long and successful collaboration of more than fifteen years with the Charles Jourdan shoe...

Whether you're new to Arizona or already an aficionado, this book highlights the Grand Canyon State's best-known places and best-kept secrets. Full-color photographs and art reprod...

Art At Work: Forty Years of the JP Morgan Chase Collection. Published by JP Morgan Chase, 2000. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Includes Foreword by Willi...

1 Volume. Dimitri Merezhkovsky. The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci. Translated by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. Bound in full blue calf by Riviere. Gilt on covers & spines, raised bands, t...

2 Volumes. Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America. With an Introduction by Daniel C. Gilman (President of John Hopkins University). Translat...

American Purgatory, by Marc Trujillo. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, 2017. First Edition Exhibition (August 25-October 7th, 2017) Catalog, Hardcover. The paintings...

The Life & Death of the Kingston Post Office by Stephen Blauweiss and Karen Berelowitz. Blauweiss Media, Kingston, 2018. 1st Ed hardcover. Kingston, NY, the first capital of New York...