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van der Leeuw, Gerardus . SACRED AND PROFANE BEAUTY: THE HOLY IN ART
NY 1963 1st Holt. Preface by Mircea Eliade. Translated by Daivd Green. Hardcover. Octavo, 357pp., index, cloth. VG plus in Good DJ, worn. (a12557)
$50.00 Goodman, Paul . ART AND SOCIAL NATURE
NY 1946 Vinco. Hardcover. Octavo, 98pp., cloth. Good plus, light wear wear on spine ends and tips, no DJ. (a13010)
$20.00 Finck, Henry T. . ROMANTIC LOVE AND PERSONAL BEAUTY THEIR DEVELOPMENT, CAUSAL RELATIONS, HISTORIC AND NATIONAL PECULIARITIES
NY 1902 Macmillan. 8vo., 560pp., index, cloth. Owner bookplate. Near VG, light spine end wear, new end papers. no DJ. Scarce, (a13295)
$39.00 Pereira, I. Rice . THE NATURE OF SPACE A METAPHYSICAL AND AESTHETIC INQUIRY
NY 1956 Private. 8vo., 62pp., wraps. Good, light soiling. (a22608)
$45.00 Fitch, Raymond E. . THE POISON SKY MYTH AND APOCALYPSE IN RUSKIN
Athens 1982 Ohio University. 8vo., 722pp., index, hardcover. Fine in Good DJ. (a23552)
$22.00 Parker, H. . THE NATURE OF THE FINE ARTS
London 1885 first edition Macmillan. Hardcover. Octavo, 359p., green cloth. Owner bookplate. Good, spine ends frayed. (a23973)
$70.00 Parker, Edward Albert . THE HARMONY OF THE BEAUTIFUL A TREATISE TENDING TOWARDS THE CORRELATION OF THE FINE ARTS IN RESPECT TO THEIR ETHICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Boston 1906. Mayhew. Octavo, 166pp., hardcover. VG plus, no DJ. (a24065)
$65.00 Carritt, E. F. . THE THEORY OF BEAUTY
London 1923 2nd Metheun. 8vo., 344pp., index. Owner bookplate. Near Fine. (a24738)
$40.00 Boas, George . A PRIMER FOR CRITICS
Baltimore 1937 Johns Hopkins. Aesthetics of art criticism; literary criticism. Hardcover. Octavo, 153pp., index, cloth. Owner signed. Near VG, no DJ. (a24873)
$22.00 Ritchie, James . DESIGN IN NATURE
London 1937 1st Country Life. 142pp., photo illus., index. Near Fine, no DJ. (a25220)
$28.00 Gombrich, Ernst . THE TYRANNY OF ABSTRACT ART
NY 1958. In The Atlantic, Vol. 201, No. 4, April 1958 at pp. 43-48 (Cover Feature). One complete issue of this magazine with several different articles, sm4to., wraps. VG, some wear. (a30538c)
$28.00 Richards, I. A.; C. K. Ogden and James Wood . THE FOUNDATIONS OF AESTHETICS
NY 1925 1st Lear. Octavo,, 92pp., illustrationd, red cloth hardcover. Good plus, light spine wear and fading, no DJ. (a30883)
$20.00 Ruskin, John . LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING DELIVERED AT EDINBURGH IN NOVEMBER 1853
NY 1854 Wiley. Hardcover. Octavo, 189pp., 15 plates, illustrations by Ruskin, original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, spine ends a bit frayed, light soiling on cover, occasional spots in text. (a31452)
$30.00 Meinertz, Prof. Dr. J. . RICHARD WAGNER UND BAYREUTH ZUR PSYCHOLOGIE DES SCHAFFENS UND DES ERLEBENS VON WAGNERS WERKEN
Berlin 1961 Hesse. 8vo., 48pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a33625)
$36.00 Mather, Frank Jewett Jr. . CONCERNING BEAUTY
Princeton 1935. 8vo., 302pp., illus., index. Good, light wear, cover rubbed, someminor pencil notes in text, pencil notes on front and rear blanks, no DJ. (a36372)
$30.00 Manns, James . THE SCOTTISH INFLUENCE ON FRENCH AESTHETIC THOUGHT
Rochester 1988. In the Journal of the History of Ideas. 8vo., 20pp., wraps. Article included in a whole issue of this journal. 8vo., 165pp., wraps. Good, light soiling, a few pages folded at corner. (a38462b)
$35.00 Hammond, William A. (editor) . A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AESTHETICS AND OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FINE ARTS FROM 1900 TO 1932
NY 1933. Published as a Supplement to the May 1933 issue of the Philosophical Review. Lg.8vo., 1833pp., index, green cloth boards. VG. (a39380)
$85.00 Bulley, Margaret H. . ART AND UNDERSTANDING
London 1937 1st Batsford. 4to., 292pp., 275 plates, index, boards. Previous owner's name erased leaving a slight roughened area on front end paper. VG, light wear overall. (a39453)
$40.00 Ruskin, John . ART CULTURE: A HAND-BOOK OF ART TECHNICALITIES AND CRITICISM SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN
NY 1873 1st Wiley. Arranged and supplemented by Rev. W. H. Platt for the use of schools and colleges. Hardcover. Small octavo, 485pp., 16 plates, one in color, line drawings, cloth. Top edge gilt. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, very slight water stain on frontis. (a40165)
$22.00 Khatchadourian, Haig . MUSIC, FILM, & ART
New York 1985 first edition. Hardcover octavo., 222pp., index, pictorial boards. VG, corners lightly bumped. (a40197)
$37.00 Rothschild, Edward F. . THE MEANING OF UNINTELLIGBILITY IN MODERN ART
Chicago 1934 1st. Renaisance Society of University of Chicago. Small octavo, 103pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a40561)
$75.00 Read, Herbert; Armstrong, A. Hillary . ON BEAUTY: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; THE DIVINE ENHANCEMENT OF EARTHLY BEAUTIES THE HELLENIC AND PLATONIC TRADITION
Dallas 1987 Spring Publications. The Eranos Lectures 6. Lg.8vo., 73pp., wraps. Stamped 'Review Copy' on the front free blank. Good, corners bumped, light wear. (a43441)
$40.00 Bonito Oliva, Achille . CRITICA AD ARTE
Milano 1983 Politi. In Italian. Small octavo, 229pp., monochrome illustrations,wraps. VG plus. (a44905)
$25.00 Mourey, Jean-Pierre . FIGURATIONS DE L'ABSENCE RECHERCHES ESTHETIQUES SOUS LA REPONSABILITE DE JEAN-PIERRE MOUREY
1987 Universite de Saint-Etienne. Travaux LX. In French. 8vo., 149pp., illus., wraps. VG. (a44956)
$45.00 Bennett, T. P. . THE RELATION OF SCULPTURE TO ARCHITECTURE
Cambridge 1916 first edition University Press. Hardcover. Large octavo, 204p., photo illustrations, blue cloth with gilt lettering. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a4543)
$144.00 Koerner, Lisbet . NAZI MEDIEVALIST ART AND THE POLITICS OF MEMORY
Cambridge 1993. Article in Studies in Medievalism. Whole volume with several articles on Medievalism. Hardcover. Octavo, 241pp., illustrations, decorated boards. VG. (a48980a)
$22.00 Hautecoeur, Louis . L'ARTISTE ET SON OEUVRE ESSAI SUR LA CREATION ARTISTIQUE TOME II, TOME II
Paris 1972, 1973. Fondation Wildenstein Gazette des Beaux-arts Paris. In French. 2 volumes. 4to., 152pp., 170pp., illustrated, stiff wraps. VG. Set of two. (a49547)
$90.00 Schaefer-Simmern, Henry . UNFOLDING OF ARTISTIC ACTIVITY ITS BASIS, PROCESSES AND IMPLICATIONS
Berkeley 1948 1st University of California. Foreword by John Dewey. 4to., 201pp., glossy illustrations, color frontis, printed hardcover. Good, cover soiled, no DJ. (a50853)
$39.00 Silcock, Arnold . A BACKGROUND FOR BEAUTY
NY 1953 1st Beechhurst. 4to., 220pp., monochrome and color illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a51895)
$42.00 Morris, William . HOPES AND FEARS FOR ART
Boston 1882 first american Roberts. Hardcover. Small octavo, 217pp., decorated bluegreen cloth with design in brown and lettering in gilt, no DJ. Lacks half title. Good, light wear. Hinges secure; no ownership marks. (a52323)
$35.00 Marriott, Charles . MODERN MOVEMENTS IN PAINTING
London 1920 1st Chapman and Hall. 8vo., 268pp., monochrome and a few color illustrations, index, printed hardcover. Owner signed. Good, large chip on rear blank, some light foxing throughout. (a52785)
$20.00 Richardson, Dorothy . SAINTSBURY AND ART FOR ART'S SAKE IN ENGLAND
NY 1944. Offprint from the PMLA. 8vo., pp.243-260, original printed wraps. Inscribed and signed by Richardson on the front, VG. (a55584)
$30.00 McGhee, Dorothy . THE 'CONTE PHILOSOPHIQUE' BRIDGING A CENTURY
NY 1943. Offprint from the PMLA. 8vo., pp.438-449, original printed wraps. VG. (a55585)
$30.00 Konvitz, Milton R. . ON THE NATURE OF VALUE THE PHILOSOPHY OF SAMUEL ALEXANDER
1946 1st King's Crown Press. Sm.8vo., 119pp., hardcover. VG, spine browned, cover faded, no DJ. (a59803)
$22.00Sartre, Jean-Paul. ESSAYS IN AESTHETICS
NY 1963 1st Philosophical Library. Octavo., 94pp., hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a60579)
$23.00 Newlandsmith, Ernest . ART, LOVE AND LIFE
London 1928 1st Longmans. Octavo, 117pp., hardcover. VG, tiny wrinkle in cloth on front, no DJ. (a62448)
$55.00 Gombrich, E. H. . LESSING - LECTURE ON A MASTER MIND
1957. Offprint from Proceedings British Academy Vol. XLIII. Octavo, pp. 133-156. wraps. Signed by Gombrich. Good corner of front chipped. (a63345)
$40.00 Child, Theodore . ART AND CRITICISM MONOGRAPHS AND STUDIES
New York 1892 1st Harper. Chapters on Botticelli, Millet, Munkacsy, Impressionism, Rodin, Pre-Raphaelites, etc. 4to., 343pp., ads (4pp.), decorated hardcover with grey and gilt. Faint spot on spine where spine numbers removed, and two institution blind stamps. Owner signed, Good, light cover wear. (a64000)
$35.00 Laugel, Auguste . L'OPTIQUE ET LES ARTS
Paris 1869 Germer Bailliere. In French. Table of Contents: De l'Oeil Considere Comme l'instrument d'Optique; Des Caracteres Generaux des Arts; Des Lois de la Sensibilite Appliquees aux Couleurs; Du Caractere ideal de l'Art, etc. 12mo., 152pp., half leather hardcover with marbled boards and mounted black leather spine label. Small owner signature on top of titlepage. VG, some light cover wear, occasional foxing in text. (a66402)
$150.00 Munro, Thomas . THE MARXIST THEORY OF ART HISTORY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINISM AND THE DIALECTICAL PROCESS
1960. Offprint from Journal of Aesthetics. Octavo, pp.430-445. original printed blue wraps. VG, light wear. (a66869)
$30.00Jahn, Wolf. THE ART OF GILBERT AND GEORGE OR AN AESTHETIC OF EXISTENCE. ISBN 0-500-23545-7 (signed)
London 1989 1st Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-23545-7.Translation by David Britt. Heavy 4to., 524pp., color illustrations, hardcover. ***Signed by Gilbert and George (in presentation to 'Our Darling John"). VG Plus in Good plus DJ, rear panel wrinkled but no tears or wear or chipping on dj. (a69123)
$39.00 Ruskin, John . A JOY FOR EVER (AND ITS PRICE IN THE MARKET) BEING THE SUBSTANCE WITH ADDITIONS OF TWO LECTURES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ART
NY 1891 Merrill. Brantwood Edition. Introduction by Charles Eliot Norton. Hardcover. 12mo., 253pp., green cloth. Good, inner hinges cracked. (a69148)
$23.00 Ruskin, John . FORS CLAVIGERA LETTERS TO THE WORKMEN AND LABOURERS OF GREAT BRITAIN - VOL II CONTAINING LETTERS XXV-XLVIII
London 1900 2nd small edition, George Allen. Octavo, 517pp., dark Green cloth hardcover. Owner bookplate (W. J. Sanderson. VG, fore-edges foxed. (a69163)
$25.00 Sorokin, Pitirim . SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS VOLUME 1: FLUCTUATIONS OF FORMS OF ART .
NY 1937 1st American Book Co. Large octavo, 745pp., hardcover. VG, spine lettering faded away. no DJ. (a69441)
$29.00 Shapiro, Gary . HEGEL'S DIALECTIC OF ARTISTIC MEANING
1976. Article at pp. 23-36 in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Included in a complete issue of this journal with several other artcles. Octavo, wraps. VG, light wear. (a71632)
$25.00 Ellis, Vernon . ON MODERN PAINTING - FOR DISTRIBUTION AT AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY VENON ELLIS AT THE BROOKS REED GALLERY
Boston 1916. Exhibition, November 1-15, 1916. This American Artist spent most of life in New Hampshire. 12mo., 27pp., original violet wraps. Near VG, some cover wear. Rare. (a71745)
$75.00 Selfridge-Field, Eleanor . BEETHOVEN AND GREEK CLASSICISM
1972. Article at pp.577-596 in a single issue of Journal of History of Ideas. Several additional articles included in this issue. Large octavo, original printed wraps. VG. (a76892b)
$29.00 Rosenberg, Harold . ART AND WORK
1965. Article at pp. 50-56 in a single issue of Partisan Review. Included in a complete issue of this journal with additional articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG, light cover soiling. (a76937a)
$25.00 Ducasse, C. J. . IS ART THE IMAGINATIVE EXPRESSION OF A WISH?
1928. Article at pp. 360-372 in single issue of The Philosophical Review. Issue has several additional articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good plus, light wear. (a77117c)
$35.00 Hunt, Theodore W. . MODERN AESTHETICISM
1882. Article at pp. 148-163 in single issue of Princeton Review. Complete issue has other articles as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good, some cover wear. (a77660b)
$35.00 Wilde, Oscar; Glaenzer, Richard Butler (editor) . DECORATIVE ART IN AMERICA
NY 1906 1st American Brentano's. A lecture by Oscar Wilde together with Letters, Reviews and Interviews edited with an intoruction by Richaad Butler Glaenzer. Hardcover. Octavo, 294pp., frontis portrait of Wilde, light grey cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Good plus, spine browned and lettering faded. In later removable protective glassine jacket. (a78014)
$70.00 Sprinker, Michael . IMAGINARY RELATIONS - AESTHETICS AND IDEOLOGY IN THE THEORY OF HISTORICAL MATERIALISM
London 1987 1st Verso. ISBN 0-86091-168-3. Hardcover. Octavo, 302pp., cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ, a bit rubbed. (a78497)
$66.00 Frieze, Henry Simmons . GIOVANNI DUPRE, WITH TWO DIALOGUES ON ART FORM THE ITALIAN OF AUGUSTO CONTI
London 1886 2nd Sampson Low. Hardcover. Small octavo, blue cloth. Good plus, light wear, (a82298)
$39.00 Jackson, Holbrook . THE CREATION OF TASTE
London 1913. Article at pp. 69-84 in The English Review. Included in one complete issue with several additional works by leading writers such as H. G. Wells and John Masefield. Sm.4to., original printed blue wraps. VG, light wear. (a82752c)
$29.00 Ruskin, John . DEUCALION. COLLECTED STUDIES OF THE LAPSE OF WAVES AND LIFE OF STONES PARTS I & II
New York 1875 Wiley. Hardcover. Small octavo, 83pp., cloth. Previous owner neatly painted spine with tan paint leaving only "Ruskin" uncovered on spine. Boards not painted. Good. (a84012)
$25.00 Ruskin, John . LOVE'S MEINIE. LECTURES ON GREEK AND ENGLISH BIRDS GIVEN BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
New York 1873 Wiley. Hardcover. Small octavo, 74pp., cloth. Previous owner neatly painted spine with tan paint leaving only "Ruskin" uncovered on spine (covers not painted). Good. (a84013)
$20.00 Chadwick, Hulme and T. Vickerstaff . THREE CANTOR LECTURES ON COLOUR IN MODERN LIFE
1964. Three articles at p., 145-173, in one complete issue of Royal Society of Arts,Article titles: One Man's Colour; Scientific Aspects; Colour in the Community. A few additional articles on other topics in issue as well. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good plus, light wear. (a84922)
$39.00 Rosinger, Kurt E. . A REALISTIC STUDY OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF AESTHETICS
1931. Octavo, p. 37-51, removed from The Monist and rebound in later wraps. Good plus. (a85605)
$25.00 Piccoli, Raffaello . BENEDETTO CROCE'S ESTHETICS
1916. Article at pp. 161-181 in single complete issue of The Monist for April 1916 Other articles by different authors in issue as well. Octavo, original wraps mounted on later wraps. Good plus. (a85608a)
$29.00 Listowel, P. C. . NATURE OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE
1952. Article on pp. 18-29 in single complete issue of Philosophy. Other articles in issue as well. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG . (a85977)
$25.00 Earl of Listowel . NATURE OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE
London 1952. Article at pp. 18-29 in a single complete issue of Philosophy, edited by Sydney E. Hooper. Other articles by different writers in same issue. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good, light wear. No ownership marks,light cover wear. (a86110)
$24.00 Breton, Andre . LE SURREALISME ET LA PEINTURE SUIVI DE GENESE ET PERSPECTIVE ARTISTIQUES DU SURREALISME ET DE FRAGMENTS INEDITS
New York 1945 first edition Brentano's. Hardcover. 4to., 203p., black cloth with mounted picture on front panel. Good, inner hinges cracked, spine ends frayed and corners worn, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a86851)
$55.00 Rasi, Luigi . L'ARTE DEL COMICO (signed)
Palermo 1914 terza edizione con emendazioni ed aggiunte Remo Sandron Editore. Hardcover. In Italian. Small octavo, 383p., illustrata da 26 Ritratti, peach colored cloth with mounted tan leather spine label. **Signed by Luigi Rasi on verso of title page. VG, text lightly toned, light cover wear. No ownership marks. (a87084)
$95.00 Eliot, T. S. . NOTES TOWARDS THE DEFINITION OF CULTURE
New York 1949 first American edition Harcourt Brace. Hardcover. Octavo, 128p., clpth. VG plus in Good DJ, a bit of wear. (a87299)
$45.00 Husband, Joseph . THE AESTHETIC TREATMEAT OF BRIDGE STRUCTURES
London 1901. Octavo, pp. 139-244 with 2 foldout plates and 22 woodcut text illustrations plus Appendix, Discussion and Correspondence relating to the article,removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. CXLV and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a87507)
$45.00 Ruskin, John . THE STONES OF VENICE VOLUMES 1 AND 2: THE FOUNDATIONS; THE SEA-STORIES (BOUND IN ONE VOLUME) AND VOLUME THE THIRD
Chicago no date (19th century) Belford Clarke. 3 volumes. Matching hardcovers bound in two volumes. Volume 1 has 431p., 396p.; volume 2 has 384p., 210p, 150p. Volume 1 contains Foundations and Sea-Stories; volume 2 has The Fall, Seven Lamps of Architecute, Lectures on Architecture and Painting. Illustrated with drawings and color and monochrome plates. Tan cloth with extensive black decoration on boards and spine. Owner signed on end paper. VG, light toning of initial pages, slight fraying of spine ends. Binding very secure. Three volume work of Ruskin bound in two volumes. (a87860)
$85.00 de Mazia, Violette . THE BARNES FOUNDATION JOURNAL OF THE ART DEPARTMENT - 5 ISSUES SPRING 1973 - AUTUMN 1977 (5 separate issues)
Five issues of this art journal published in Merion Station, Pennsylvania. Most articles are written by Violette de Mazia but there are other contributors also as Charles R. Weiner, Gilbert Canotr, Lucy Riley, William E Webster, Patricia Neubauer and others. Interesting articles including: "Early Egyptian Art Tradition", Aesthetic Experience in Gastronomy", "Three Haiku", "Art in Science, Science in Art", "What's in a Frame?", etc. About 70 pages per volume with many photo illustrations. All issues VG or VG plus,with slight cover wear; no ownership marks; internally Fine. Group of 5 issues: (a89515)
$70.00 Russell, Bertrand (Ludwig Wittgenstein) . LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN (contained in single complete issue of MIND for July 1951)
Famous Eulogy for Ludwig Wittgenstein . Edinburgh. July 1951 first edition. Thomas Nelson. One complete issue of Mind, A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy edited by Gilbert Ryle. sm 8vo. Original printed wraps. Russell's eulogy on p. 297-298 ("Quite at first I was in doubt as to whether he was a man of genius or a crank, but I very soon decided in favour of the former alternative. ") Issue also contains L J Russell's article on "A Problem of Lewis Carroll"(pp. 394-7) and "The Dreariness of Aesthetics " by J A Passmore. VG slight bumping of lower right corner; text clean; binding secure; no ownership marks. (a91254)
$250.00 Ziff, Paul . ART AND THE OBJECT OF ART (contained in one complete issue of Mind for October 1951)
Edinburgh. October 1951. first edition. Thomas Nelson. One complete issue of Mind, A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy edited by Gilbert Ryle. sm 8vo. Original printed wraps. Article on pp. 466-480. Other articles in issue as well by different authors. VG plus, slight fraying of cover edges. no ownership marks. (a91269b)
$27.00 Murry, J. Middleton . BEAUTY IS TRUTH (contained in one complete issue of The Symposium A Critical Review, October 1930)
Concord, New Hampshire. 1930 first edition. One issue of The Symposium A Critical Review, vol. I no 4. pp. 466-501. Other articles in issue as well. Good Plus, cover frayed on edges; text clean and binding secure. (a92304b)
$35.00 Lomazzo, Paolo Giovanni . A TRACTE CONTAINING THE ARTES OF CURIOUS PAINTINGE 1598
Da Capo 1969 edition of oriignal 1598 printing. The English Experience number 171. Hardcover. Large 4to. Bright red cloth with blue title rectangle on front board and spine. Near Fine, light new. not used. no dj. (a92715)
$140.00