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10 SCULPTORS OF THE NEW YORK SCHOOL Manny Sivlerman Gallery paperback Los Angeles: 48pp: Gallery catalogue presenting work by Herbert Ferber Raoul Hague David Hare Gabriel Kohn Ibram Lassaw Louise Nevelson Isamu Noguchi David Smith Richard Stankiewicz and Wilfrid Zogbaum. Illustrated at least one work by each. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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100 BOOKS WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGTRAPHS 1846-1919 Paul M Herzmann & Margolis & Moss paperback San Francisco & Santa Fe: 63pp supplement: A joint catalogue by two dealers presenting an extraordinary selection of early photography in books of the 1849-1919 period: among them a photo presentation of Lydia E Pinkham's laboratory the famous female nostrum "A Baby in Everey Bottle"; the first American edition with photographs portraits of worthies; a photo-illustrated bible of 1850; an album of French hunting dogs early travel volumes on India China first railroad Ithaca New York 1869 Mont St Michel 1866 Yosemite 1871 Schliemann at Troy 1874 Glasgow; in 1878; Rome a woodburytype portrait of Corot 1875 Edison's eletric railroad project; and lots of steam locomotives. . First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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AARON SISKIND: Vinage Works 1930-1960 Robert Mann Gallery paperback New York: Unpaginated: A scarce gallery catalogue a mini-retrospective of photography by Siskind over the 3 decades. Published in a LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 NUMBERED COPIES here 422. 45 works illustrated in beautiful duotone illustrations. Clean crisp and unmarked. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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ADAM International Review 446-448 1984: GRAHAM GREENE Adam Interantional paperback London: 56pp: An issue of ADAM edited by Miron Grindea devoted to Graham Greene: Contributions from Hugh Greene his brother John Guilgud on working with Greene Max Reinhart as Greene's publisher other pieces by Brian Moore Leopoldo Duran JM Charles-Roux and others. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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Forum Gallery paperback Los Angeles & New York: Unpaginated: Gallery catalogue of 12 portrait paintings by Feltus. . First Edition. Soft Bound. Fiine. ISBN : 0
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ALBERT DEROME - Visions of California Redfern Gallery paperback Laguna Beach CA: 5 pp 4pp color folder 1p bio/commentary: A small booklet presenting 13 paintings by Albert DeRome 1885-1959 mainly of theMonteray peninsula. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1936 Vol 50 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 328pp adv. The 1936 Annual contains articles on Stieglitz on photographing landscapes and clouds and many technical pieces. Photographs by Stieglitz 3 DJ Duzicka Margaret Bourke White and many others. Covers are finger-soiled spine creased small tears. First Edition. Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1937 Vol 51 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 324pp adv. The 1937 Annual contained articles on war photographers and photographers of the Civil War plus many technical aarticles. Photography by Alexander Keightey G L Hawkins Edward Streichen photo of Gerhardt Hauptmann and many others. Covers soiled but binding tight. Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1938 Vol 52 American Phontography paperback Minneapolis: 332pp adv. Articles on technical matters. Photography by Arnold Genthe portrait of Jack London and many others. Covers are finger-soiled but no tears or marks. Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1939 Vol 53 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 330pp advert. Annual contains technical articles one on William H Jackson. Photography deemed the best of the year in b/w. Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1940 Vol 54 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 322 pp advert. The articles in the 1940 annual are either counsel on photo composition or technical. A larger than usual double portfolio of work deemed the best of the year in full page b/w prints one by Alexander Keighley. . Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1941 Vol 55 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 276pp advert: Articles of advice and counsel including technical articles. Two portfolios of photography deemed the best of the year in full page b/w shots. . Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1942 Vol 56 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 280pp advert. Articles of counsel and technical advice on photography and a large portfolio of work deemed the best of the year. . Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1944 Vol 58 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 206pp advert. Articles of advice and counsel including a leading manifesto: A Personal Credo by Ansel Adams with some of his work. The portfolio of weord deemed the best of the year is very heavy on photos of children genre scenes portraits and pets. Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1945 Vol 59 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 200pp adverts. Articles of advice and counsel on photography. The portfolio of work deemed the best of the year -- a curious mix: no indication that the world might have been at war but lots of "comfort food" among the photos -- kittie-cats pets female nudes laughing children and at least one which would be considered racist today. . Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1946 Vol 60 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 200pp advert. Articls of advice and counsel on photography. The portfolio of work deemed th best of the year is heavy on "comfort food" -- pets portraits of women some nudes children and character pieces: no reflection of a war just having ended. Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1948 Vol 62 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 2126ppadverts. Annual compedium of articles of advice and counsel on photogtraphy with two portfolios of the work deemed the best of the eyar. This copy is worn at the edges. Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1949 Vol 63 American Photography hardcover Minneapolis: 240pp adverts: The 1949 Annual wirh articles on Alexander Keighley Samuel F B Morse and several on photo techniques. Photo portfolios with work considered the best of the year. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1950 Vol 64 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 246pp adverts: The 1950 Annual with articles on Jose Ortiz Echegue Franklin J Jordan Eadweard Muybridge Gernard Alfieri and tabulated lists of "Who's Who" in pictorial photography 1948- and in color photography 1948-. Photographs by Ortiz Echague Muybridge and the annual selection of fine photographs all in b/w. This copy slighty used some wear at the edges. First Edition. Soft Bound. Veyr Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1952 Vol 66 American Photography paperback Minneapolis: 217pp adverts. The 1952 annual with articles on Paul Strand by Walter Rosenblum on Father Bernard Hubbard by Jack Wright on photo composition by Minor White on the history of tintypes by Beaumont Newhall. Photos by Paul Strand Father Hubbard Don Suhr Harold Feintstein Jean Elwell Bill Hez A L Horvath Albert Hunt M. Richardd Marx Otto Litzel Sendi Nero Marvin E Newman Lewis Tolchin many others. This copy a bit used binding getting fragile. First Edition. Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1953 Vol 67 American Photography unknown Minneapolis: 204pp adverts: The 1953 Annual with articles on Josiah Hawes Toni Venti and various articles on technique. Photography by Ralph Ginsberg Axel Bahnsen Burt Owen John Geraci Robet Sosenko Harold Feinstein Alfred Eisenstaedt Rudolph Burkhardt Frtiz Henle Lee Drucker and many others. In pictorial board corners bumped. First Edition. Pictorial Board. Good. ISBN : 0
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Berry Hill Galleries paperback New York: 180pp: Gallery catalogue of 85 paintings of very high quality: from Geoge Bellows Frank Benson Mary Cassatt Thomas Cole Charles Demuth William Glackens Marsden Hartley William Haseltine Martin Johnson Heade Robert Henri Winslow Homer George Inness Fitz Hugh Lane Reginald Marsh Georgia O'Keeffe Raphael Peale Wiliam Trost Richards AJohn Singer Sargent Everett Shinn and John Sloan among others. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN PAINTINGS DRAWINGS & SCULPTURE Owen Gallery paperback New York: 64pp: Gallery catalogue with some extraordinary works: a sunset landscape by Inness; New York cityscape by Arthur Goodwin; a Maine coast view by Emil Carlsen; Bricklayers by Childe Hassam; some dancers by Arthur B Davies; New York cityscape by Robert Henri; Adirondacks view by George Luks; floral drawing by Charles Demuth; Lake George view by John Marin; stage works by Milton Avery; and a small exhibition of works by Reginald Marsh. East work depicted in color and described in detail. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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AMERICAN PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THOMAS HART BENTON AND RITA PIACENZA BENTON Aaron Galleries paperback Chicago: unpaginated: Gallery catalogue of 45 prints by other artists from the personal collection of Thomas Hart Benton and his wife: most of those shown here were students of Benton. The second half of the catalogue offers stock from the gallery's regular inventory but continuing the regionalist theme of the Benton collection. In very nice condition. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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C&M Arts hardcover New York: 48pp: Gallery catalogue of works by Calder Joseph Cornell de Kooning Diebenkorn Sam Francis Guston Hans Hofmann Franz Klein Lichtenstein Marden Newman Pollock Rauschenberg Rothko David Smith Frank Stella and Cy Twombly. Each work presented in large color photos. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. ISBN : 0
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Godel & Co paperback New York: 107pp: Gallery catalogue of 49 high quality paintings depicted in full page color plates with bio summaries on the artists; pirce list laid in. Some are well known: Bierstadt Nevada Falls Jasper Crospey Resting by the Riverside 1882 Stuart Davis Pad No. 5 William Haseltine Cape Ann 1863 Childe Hassam Ten Pound Island 1894-1900 George Inness Hudson Valley Fitz Henry Lane William Trost Richards Dwight William Tryon. Many less well known: Wilaim Bliss Baker Peter Baumgras Oscar Edmund Berninghaus Alfred Bricher James Buttersworth John Carlin Clarence Chatterton Edmund Coates William Coffin Paul Cornoyer Charles C Curran De Scott Evans John F Francis Abbot F Graves Earl Horter Daniel Huntington Antonio Jacobsen David Johnson Francis C Jones Max Koehne Paul Lacroix Ernest Lawson Joseph Mecker Walter Palmer Edward Pothast Levi Prentice Carducius Ream Severin Roesen Francis A Silva Mortimer Smith William Sontag jr Arthur F Tait Harry Willson Watrous Guy Carlton Wiggins. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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ARS VIVA 76 - Kunstler Arbeiten in Industriebetrieben / Artworks at Industrial Sites Kulturkreis, Bund Des Deutschen Industrie paperback Duisburg/Nurnberg: 192pp: An exhibition of works by contemporary German artists at industrial sites or in association with industrial concerns. Works by Thomas Bayle William Brauhauser Johannes Brus Hede Buehl Claus Bury Guenter Dohr Jochen Duckwitz Christoph Freimann Juergen Goetz Berhard Kloetzer Deiter Kraemer Ferdinand Kriwet Horst Lerche Christiane Maether Ansger Nienhoff Reinhard Omir Claus Otto Paeffgen Heinz Guenter Prager Hans Peter Reuter Ulrich Rueckreim Wil Sansen Karl Ludwig Schmaltz Alf Schuler Rudolf Vombeck Sigi Zahn and Gerd Zwing. Text in German. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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Aspen paperback New York: The first issue of the legendary and short-lived Magazine in a Box: Complete -- five soft bound booklets; the JAZZ booklet with the plastic mini-disk recording. This copy includes the presentation letter by the editor Phyllis Johnson and the advertisement supplement including IBM's guide to its pavillion at the NY Worlds Fair. . First Edition. Paper Box. Fine/Very Good. ISBN : 0
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF AMERICAN ARTISTS Michigan State University Library hardcover Lansing MI: 245pp: A compilation of biographic summaries on important American artists of the 19th c. Exlib from the City Art Museum of St Louis with a canceled bookplate. Recased in library cloth in fine/very good condition. The second expanded edition. Second Expanded Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Exlib. ISBN : 0
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BLAIR HUGHES STANTON / NORMAN ACKROYD - Wood Engravings / Etchings and Aquatints 1959-1977 Market Print Gallery paperback Exeter: Unpaginated: a joint exhibition of teacher and pupil: wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and etchings & aquatints by Norman Ackroyd. 6 works illustrated 3 by each along with a candid of Ackroyd with Blair Hughes-Stanton on the cover. SIGNED BY HUGHES STANTON AND ACKROYD on the inside facing pages. A rare early show of Ackroy'd work. Hughes Stanton was the father of Penny Ackroyd the now ex-wife of Norman Ackroyd. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. ISBN : 0
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CHAGALL: Una Misteriosa Quarta o Quinta Dimensione Electa paperback Milan: 83pp: Italian catalogue from an exhibition of works by Chagall. Well illustrated. Texts in Italian by Luigina Bortolatto title essay and by Sylvie Forestier on Chagall and the Bible. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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CHINESE PAINTINGS from the Chiang Er-Shih Collection Parke Bernet Gallery hardcover New York: 38 lots depicted and described with other notes and background: an auction catalogue of works from a very rich private collection. First Edition. Paper Boards. Fine. ISBN : 0
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CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE 1959 University of Illinois paperback Bloomington: 283pp: A major survey exhibition with works by 139 contemporary artists: photos of most works exhibited with extensive biographic summaries. Some shelfwear at the edges but no stains marks or tears. First Edition. Soft Bound. Good. ISBN : 0
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DER NEUEN JUGEND - Das Zweite Jahr (Oct 1928-Apr/May 1929) hardcover Vienna Unpaginated: Issued 1 - 7/8 October -April/May 1929 of an Austrian leftwing youth movement journal published in Vienna. There were at least three publications of this title the early expressionist publication in the pre-WWI period published in Berlin and a Catholic youth movement publication in Austria Neuland. The Vienna Neue Jugend was associated with Paul Lukacs articles and drawings by Lukacs and published araticles and poems by Rolland Romaine Rostand Hauptmann and many not attributed. Cloth covers sunned otherwise in excellent condition. Cloth. Good. ISBN : 0
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DIEGO Y FRIDA Una Sonrisa a Mitad Del Camino Conaculta unknown Mexico City: 6 pages in gatefold: a brochure of 18 photographs of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo together many from unknown photographers. Text in Spanish. Fine. ISBN : 0
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EDMUND TESKE: Chicago Remembrances Stephen Daiter Gallery paperback Chicago: 56pp: A gallery catalogue of photography by Teske of Chicago facades and street scenes candid portraits with a second portion of photographs from California. In fine condition. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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EDWARD SEAGO: Paintings and Watercolours Marlborough paperback London: 32pp: Well illustrted gallery catalogue: 33 works depicted most in color. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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FEININGER: Etchings Lithographs and Woodcuts from the Estate of the Artist Associated American Artists paperback New York: 99pp: A sales/exhibition catalogue of works from Feininger's own collection including an extensive series of woodcuts illustrated with various other etchings and lithographs. Sales price list laid in. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. ISBN : 0
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FIFTEEN AMERICANS: Artists of the 1930s and 40s Janet Marqusee Fine Arts paperback New York: 24pp: Gallery catalogue of works by 15 Americans active in teh 30s and 40s who are now rarely seen: John Hartell 1902-95 Daniel Celentao 1902-80 - 4 works; Kenneth Evett 1913-; Ben Benn 1894-1983 James Turnbull 1909-76 Frederick Heppner Buchholz 1901-83 James Daughtery 1887-1974 - 2 works; Ernest Fiene 1894-1965; Michael Lenson 1903-1971; Bernard Perlin 1918- William Kienbusch 1914-80 Hannaniah Harari 1912-00; Santos Zingale 1908-99 Umberto Romano 1905-82 and Bruno Mankowski 1892-1990. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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FOUR MODERN MASTERS: De Chirico Ernst Magritte and Miro Glenbow Museum paperback Calgary: 123pp: An exhibition catalogue of works by Giorgio de Chirico Max Ernst Rene Magritte and Joan Miro: full page color plates with commentary on each. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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GEORGE GROSZ: 30 Drawings and Watercolors Paul Baruch unknown New York: ii 40 plates; A selection of Grosz' drawings mainly from the 30s with two pages of introduction: in very good condition. Spiral binding with clear plastic front cover and paperboard backing in very good condition. First Edition. Spiral Binding. Very Good. ISBN : 0
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GUGGENHEIM INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1967: Sculpture from Twenty Nations Guggenheim paperback New York: 148pp: An extraordinary collection notable for works by artists not known for sculpture. Among the 80 represented artists included: Max Bill Pol Bury Calder Caro Cesar Chamberlain Chillida Consagra Burgoyne Diller Di Suvero Fontana Alberto Giacometti Hepworth Judd Ellsworth Kelly Kemeny Lipchitz Moore Morris Nevelson Noguchi Oldenburg Paolozzi Picasso Segal Serrano David Smith Tinguely Ernest Trova William Turnbull and Wotruba. . First Edition. Soft Bound. Very Good. ISBN : 0
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GUNTHER TIERSCH - Werkzeichnis 1963-1983 A Berg Verlag paperback Pinneberg: 160pp: A catalogue raisonne of the work of Guenther Thiersch over the two decades: photos of each work and short description. Text in German. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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HANS HOFMANN: The Pre War Years in America Andre Emmerich Gallery paperback New York: Unpaginated: 6 paintings by Hofmann from the 1930s each depicted in full page color plates. A previous owner's "received /date/" stamp on the title page otherwise unmarked. First Edition. Soft Bound. Very Good. ISBN : 0
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HOMMAGE A JEAN LURCAT: Exhibition of Tapestries Rothmans paperback Canada: Unpaginated: An exhibition catalogue published by Canada a collection of Lurcat tapestries - depicted in color. Bilingual text. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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Allison Galleries / Olphant & Co paperback New York: Unpaginted: Gallery catalogue of 12 marine paintings each depicted in color: Archibald Gary Smith; Robert Salmon; George Clarkson Stanfield; Richard Brydges Beechey; John Erik Christian Peterson; James E Buttersworth; Antonio Jacobsen 3 Frederick Debourg Richards; Thomas Moran Sunset After a Story - 1901; William Alexander Coulter SS Missourian Passing Through the Panama Canal; and Charles Sidney Raleigh. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. ISBN : 0
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INNOVATION & ACHIEVEMENT Westvaco hardcover West Virginia: 273pp: A Christmas keepsake from the West Virginia paper company here a collection of essays and excerpts on industrial innovation and achievement: Eli Whitney; Robert Fulton; Cyrus McCormick Samuel B Morse Elias Howe Alexander Graham Bell Thomas A Edison the Wright brothers Henry Ford James Watson Jack Kilby and Robert Moyce. Cloth covers slightly foxed. Cloth. Very Good/In Slipcase. ISBN : 0
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Leonard Hutton Gallery paperback New York: 60pp: A gallery catalogue of works by Alexei Jawlensky and by his son Andreas 1902-1984. Very small tear at the bottom of the spine. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. ISBN : 0
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JO ELLEN TRILLING: Fairytales for Our Time Spanierman Gallery unknown New York: 8pp in a double-gatefold: gallery catalogue of highly unusual work by Trilling: 25 works illustrated in color. Fantasy retellings and recasting of tairy tales Trilling b. 1947 was born on Long Island and attended SUNY New Paltz before studying at the Art Students League. She work first in sculpture in paints since 2001. The Spanierman show was her first in NY. First Edition. Fine. ISBN : 0
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JOHN FURNIVAL - Selecte Works of the Last Twenty Years Ediz. Archivio F. Conz paperback Verona: Unpaginated 12pp: a small brochure occasioned by an exhibit at the Vilal Fraccaroli Vernoa of works by Furnival: three short essays on Furnival's wrok by Paolo della Grazia Henry Martin and Nicholas Zurbrugg in English. A few illustrations. The brochure is undated; 2000 Guggenheim Museum library stamp present. First Edition. Soft Bound. Very Good. ISBN : 0
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