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Greenberg, Clement. MIRO
NY 1948 first edition. Quadrangle. Hardcover. 4to., 133pp., mounted color plates, hardcover. VG, some edge browning and wear in Good DJ, dj a bit chipped on spine ends. No owner marks; text clean; binding secure. (a11098)
$45.00 (art) . ERNI ELEMENTE ZU EINER KUNFTIGEN MALEREI
St. Gallen 1948 Zollikofer and Co. Herausgegeben von Frank Thiessing. In German. to., 103pp., illustrated, hardcover boards. VG . no dj. (a11440)
$45.00Bernoulli, Dr. Rudolf. MEIN WEG ZU KLEE
Bern 1940 Benteli. "Randbemerkungen zu einer ausstellung seines graphischen Werkes in der Eigd. Graphischen Sammlung in zuchich 1940." 27p. of text.8 bw mounted plates. Wraps. VG overall a bit toned. (a12415)
$35.00 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)
$20.00Couturier, M A, Maurice Gagnon, S. Giedion et al. FERNAND LEGER - LA FORME HUMAINE DANS L'ESPACE
Montreal 1945 first edition. Les Editions de l'Arbre. Sm4to., 96pp., plus 38 pages of text, wraps. VG . light wear; no owner marks. (a15827)
$55.00 Gross, Chaim . ORIGINAL INK DRAWING OF WOMAN WITH TORSO UP IN THE AIR AS IF STANDING ON HER HANDS
Signed and Dated 1949 by Gross on the lower right of image. Very tastefully matted and framed under glass. Image is 7-1/2 x 10 inches. Matting border is dark brown, rest of matting is tan. Frame measures 11-1/2 inches x 14-1/2 inches. Frame is pale unpainted wood. Fine. (a21211)
$450.00 Tsuji, Shigebumi . POLYPHONIA VISIBILUS. I THE STUDY OF NARRATIVE LANDSCAPE
Osaka 1989. Memoirs of the Faculty of Letters, Osaka University Vol. XXIX, March 1989. Large octavo, 121pp., photo illustrated plates, wraps. VG plus, minor soiling on cover. (a24116)
$95.00 Millard, Alfred . ASPECTS OF ART AND PHILOSOPHY IDEAS ABOUT EXISTENCE
NY 1960 1st Exposition. Hardcover. Octavo., 123pp., cloth. Near Fine in Good DJ. (a30753)
$70.00 Ward, James . COLOUR HARMONY AND CONTRAST
London 1912 Second Edition. Lg.8vo., 140pp., color illus., index, decorative boards. Small owner label on front free blank. VG. (a37419)
$90.00 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 Levine, Harry . CLINICAL CYTOGENETICS
Boston 1971. Hardcover. 4to., 572pp., photo illus., index, boards. Near Fine, no DJ. (a39822)
$47.00 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 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 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 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 Kalish, Max . LABOR SCULPTURE
NY 1938 1st Kalish. Introduction by Emily Genauer. Ltd to 500 copies. 4to., short text plus 43 photo plates of Kalish's sculptures of rubust working men which are designed to honor the working man and to further radical politics, hardcover. Signed by Alice Kalish. Near Fine, no DJ. (a6360)
$125.00 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)
$30.00 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 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 Kootz, Samuel M . NEW FRONTIERS IN AMERICAN PAINTING
NY 1943-3rd Architectural Book Printing. 4to., 65pp., illustrated in color and bw. VG. minor cover wear, no DJ. (a9306)
$45.00 Gotthelf, Jeremiad . DIE SCHWARZE SPINNE
Zurich 1944 1st Buchergilde Gutenberg. In German. 8vo., 116pp., monochrome illustrations by Otto Tschumi, hardcover. Good, no DJ. (f337)
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