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Drawing/Illustrating - Instructional:

(japan) . BOOK IN JAPANESE ON FISHING AND USING FISH TO MAKE PAINTINGS AND WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS
1955 Japan Publications, Inc. In Japanese. Sm.4to., monochrome and color photo illustrations, stiff wraps with dust jacket. VG in VG DJ. (a57166)
$22.00 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 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 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 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 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 Holland, Anna M. . CLAY MODELLING FOR SCHOOLS A PROGRESSIVE COURSE FOR PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR GRADES
Boston 1899 Ginn. Very interesting technique of building up by bits of clay tiles into relief patterns-like frieze work, a sculptured ornamental band. Excellent ideas for art teachers.8vo., 19pp. of text plus 18 plates, most of which are photographic illustrations, original printed hardcover. Good, staining in inner margin, cover soiled. Recommended. (a55043)
$45.00 Koizumi, G. . LACQUER WORK A PRACTICAL EXPOSITION OF THE ART OF LACQUERING TOGETHER WITH VALUABLE NOTES FOR THE COLLECTOR
London 1923 Pitnam. Foreword by Lt.Col E. F. Strange. 4to., 45pp., 36 monochrome photo plates. Hardcover, black cloth with attractive full gilt-decorated front board with red lettered title. Near Fine (no faults, no ownership marks, faint indentation line on rear board; in Fair dj, dj has some chips and tears. (a56887)
$94.00 Lambourne, Maureen . ART OF BIRD ILLUSTRATION
1990 Quarto. 4to., 191pp., color illustrated. Fine in soiled, chipped DJ. (a18068)
$25.00 Maginnis, Charles D. . PEN DRAWING AN ILLUSTRATED TREATISE
Boston 1924 Bates and Guild. 12mo., 121pp., Illus. Good, end papers browned. (a23974)
$35.00 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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)
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