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Art - Instructional:

Salwey, Jasper . SKETCHING IN LEAD PENCIL FOR ARCHITECTS AND OTHERS
NY 1926 Scribners. Nicely written book for architects. 8vo., 174pp., illustrations, hardcover. Good, a bit worn. (a9876)
$27.00 Lambourne, Maureen . ART OF BIRD ILLUSTRATION
1990 Quarto. 4to., 191pp., color illustrated. Fine in soiled, chipped DJ. (a18068)
$25.00 Francastel, Pierre . ART & TECHNIQUE
Paris 1956 Les Editions de Minuit. In French. 8vo., 307pp., photos, wraps. Uncut. Fine in VG DJ, slightly soiled. (a19621)
$29.00 Seward, C. A. . METAL PLATE LITHOGRAPHY FOR ARTISTS AND DRAFTSMEN
NY 1931 Pencil Points Press. 4to., 69pp. Most of the illustrations are by Seward but one is by Rockwell Kent, one by Louis Lozowick and one by Wanda Gag. Good plus, slight tearing where paperclip removed on end paper, light spotting on cover in Good DJ. (a22264)
$29.00 Guptill, Arthur L. . SKETCHING AND RENDERING IN PENCIL
NY 1929 4th Pencil Points. 4to., 186pp., boards. VG, cover lightly soiled, lightly worn. (a23802)
$50.00 Maginnis, Charles D. . PEN DRAWING AN ILLUSTRATED TREATISE
Boston 1924 Bates and Guild. 12mo., 121pp., Illus. Good, end papers browned. (a23974)
$35.00 Richmond, L. and J. Littlejohns . THE ART OF PAINTING IN PASTEL
London 1927 Pitman. Covers still life, landscape, flower, figures, preservation of pastels, needed materials. 4to, 187pp., color frontis and introduction by Frank Brangwyn, many monochrome illustrations, 39 fullpage color plates protected with tissues, hardcover. Good, moderate cover wear and light soiling, no DJ. (a25338)
$25.00 Sargent, Frederick Leroy . A WORKING SYSTEM OF COLOR FOR STUDENTS OF ART AND NATURE
NY 1927 Holt. Hardcover. 4to., 97pp., 11 color and monochrome plates on heavy stock, index, cloth. Bookplate. Good plus, spine faded, light cover wear, no DJ. (a25343)
$45.00 Salemme, Lucia A. . THE COMPLETE BOOK OF PAINTING TECHNIQUES OILS WATERCOLORS PASTELS ACRYLICS COLLAGE MIXED MEDIA
NY 1982 Free Press. 4to., 248pp. Owner name label on front end paper. Fine in VG DJ. (a26407)
$25.00 Watson, Ernest W. . OUTDOOR SKETCHING
NY 1946 Watson-Guptill. Some fundamental principles for the guidance of students of outdoor sketching and picture making. 4to., 101pp. Small owner name label on end paper. Near VG entire book very slightly warped; owner name label partly removed from inside front cover. DJ Good plus, light wear overall. (a26469)
$20.00 Dawley, Joseph . PAINTING WESTERN CHARACTER STUDIES TECHNIQUES IN OIL
NY 1975 1st (stated). Lg.4to., 160pp., illus., index. VG in VG DJ. (a32019)
$30.00 Dwyer, Bill . ORIENTAL ARTISTS DECORATIVE (FREE BRUSH) PAINTING PICTURE WRITING LESSONS 1 AND 2
Horse Shoe (North Carolina) 1967 Oriental Artists. 4to., unpaginated (about 100pp.), illustrated, wraps bound with brass studs. Good, light wear. (a35106)
$35.00 (dams) . DESIGN OF ARCH DAMS: DESIGN MANUAL FOR CONCRETE ARCH DAMS
Denver 1977 United States Department of the Interior. 4to., 882pp., diagrams, photo illustrations, printed boards. Depository library stamp on front blank and on title page. VG, no DJ. (a50421)
$95.00 (dams) . DESIGN OF GRAVITY DAMS: DESIGN MANUAL FOR CONCRETE GRAVITY DAMS
Denver 1976 United States Department of the Interior. 4to., 553pp., diagrams, photo illustrations, printed boards. Depository library stamp on front blank and on title page. Slight residue of label on front. VG, no DJ. (a50422)
$125.00 Maxwell, Donald . COLOR SKETCHING IN CHALK
NY 1934 1st Pitman. Square octavo, 80pp., color illustrations, printed hardcover. Numbers stamped in bottom margin of preface page. Good, new endpapers, spine lettering mostly faded away, lettering on front board lightly chipped, no DJ. (a53036)
$35.00 Audel, Theo . PAINTING AND DECORATING WORKING METHODS A TEXTBOOK FOR APPRENTICE JOURNEYMAN HOUSEPAINTER DECORATOR
NY 1943 2nd Audel. Sm.8vo., 294pp., illustrations, hardcover. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a54111)
$22.00 Byrn, M. Lafayette M.D. (comp.) . THE ARTIST AND TRADESMAN'S COMPANION
NY 1857. Sm.8vo., 214pp., illustrations, original printed cloth. Ex-university library with usual faults. Fair, worn and soiled, tape marks on front and spine, one frontis illustration taped in, spine worn and ends chipped, corners worn. Sold as is. (a58974)
$27.00 Braun, Adolphe Armand (editor) . THE HUMAN FORM IN ART
London 1928 Bodley Head. Sm.4to., 231pp., many photo illustrations of human figures, some drawings to assist artists, hardcover. VG, end papers foxed, no DJ. (a67906)
$25.00 Scott, W. G. . WHITE PAINTS AND PAINTING MATERIALS
Chicago 1910 1st Modern Painter. Source, manufacture, composition, properties, uses and formulas, physical tests and chemical analysis of white paints. Hardcover. Octavo, 500pp., illustrations, advertisements, original gilt printed black cloth. VG. (a68229)
$59.00 Worthen, W. E. (editor) . APPLETON'S CYCLOPAEDIA OF DRAWING DESIGNED AS A TEXT-BOOK FOR THE MECHANIC, ARCHITECT, ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
NY 1869 new and enlarged edition. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 496pp., 120 plates, several in color, large color geologic map of Californian, an original photograph of a steam engine designed by Charles Copeland, errata slip, bound in later wraps. Good, text slightly browned. (a70547)
$250.00 Rogers, Ray . PHOTOGRAPHY IN ART VOLUME 1
Brooklyn 1944 1st Author. 4to., about 20pp. of photo illustrations of female nudes and instructions and suggestions on how to draw female nudes using the photographs, wraps. Rare. VG. (a72736)
$75.00