Application of Science in Examination of Works of Art: Proceedings of the Seminar, Sept. 7-16, 1965.
Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1965 VG/VG-, slipcase slightly soiled. Grey boards/yellow cardboard slipcase. 254 pp. Numeorus bw plates New scientific methods for conservation, identification, and reconstruction of works of art are explored in a series of essays by international experts in the field .... more information
Price: 30.00 USD
London: C. Taylor, 1785 - 1788 VG+, mild foxing. one volume (2) has dampstaining that is very light to moderate on most pages due to a recent flooding, but no pages have stuck and the item is still quite usable and appealing. Brown uniform linen with leather labels on spines. Vol. I: engraved title page. viii, 214 pp. + 73 engraved plates. Vol. II: engraved title page. iv, 225 pp. + 69 engraved plates. Vol. III: engraved title page. iv, 188 pp. + 48 engraved plates. Vol. IV: engraved titled page. 132 pp. + 23 engraved plates, eight are handcolored. Prepared by Francis Fitzgerald. Volumes intended as instruction books for art students. The books also include lectures meant to refine the taste of the mature art lover. Vol. I: The lectures include, "Introductory, being an historical sketch of the progress of the.... more information
Price: 2500.00 USD
The Elements of Mechanical Engineering, volume IV, Mechanical Drawing.
Scranton: The Colliery Engineer Co, 1897 VG--, light shaking, light wear and fading to cover, light fading to interior. Brown cloth, brown leather spine. 58 pp. Profuse bw plates .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
New York: Research Laboratories of the International Printing Ink Corporation and Subsidiary Companies, 1935 Generally VG. Three cardboards-bound volumes in cardboard slipcase. 3 vols, large 8vo, (2), 18; (2), 21; (2), 17, (11)pp, folding color plate with color wheel & 3 color stops, hundreds of color illustrations. The first volume treats the simple organic chemistry of color; the second the history of color theories and the physiological effects of seeing different colors; the third, especially beautiful, the use of color in advertising and the proper employment of color relationships. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
Book of Alphabets designed for the Use of Painters, Sign Writers, Draughtsmen, Etc.
New York: Excelsior Publishing House, circa 1865 Overall VG, previous owner's bookplate. Bound into reddish boards, first few pages present in preservatrion-quality plastic sheething, followed by 114 different typesets / alphabets on about 80 pp. Published by or distributed by McKeon & Schofield, Proprietors. Scarce, and the sort of book that normally would have been nused until it fell apart and then discarded. Old archicval repairs to title page, small hole through printing. .... more information
Price: 275.00 USD
Drawing For Young Children: Containing One Hundred and Fifty Drawing Copies, and Numerous Exercises.
New York, NY: James Miller, 1870s - 1880s Good (Some wear to extremities of covers; A few pencil markings throughout; One page coming loose). Purplish-blue cloth over boards; Gold lettering and black decoration on front cover; Unpaginated, approx. 120 pp.; 472 bw line drawings Published under the superintendence of the Society For the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London; Includes an introduction and tips on drawing different objects; Drawing exercises include everyday objects like a fish, bowl, house, and shoe and progress to more difficult subjects like a castle, animals, and people .... more information
Price: 100.00 USD
1910 VG. Wraps. 144 pp. over 125 bw repros/pictures. Interesting and useful for it's listings of instructors, numerous illustrations of representative works and other information. Subtitled "A Circular of Instruction of The School of Drawing, Painting, Modeling, Decorative Designing, Normal Instruction, Iluustration and Architecture." Includes a listing of students for 1909-1910. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
Faber Birren Collection of Books on Color.
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Library, 1982 Ex-Art-Library copy with label and a few stamps; otherwise very clean and hardly used. Mustard wraps with 3 color circles and dark brown lettering; 42 pp. Includes an introduction to the collection and a subject key. .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
Arts & Crafts with Inexpensive Materials.
New York: Girl Scouts, Inc., 1941 Good+, slight soiling, previous owners' name inked on upper right cover. Yellow wraps. 95 pp., well-illustrated A plethora of good and great ideas, some of them illustrated and demonstrated. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
New York: M. Grumbacher, 1927, March and April VG-, slight soiling. Printed wraps. 16 pp. each, few bw illustrations in the form of clever ads A most uncommon publication presented by Grumbacher, best known for it's manufacture and marketing of artist's supplies. The lead article "What is Modern Art: is authored by "JAR" and other articles on "Pigments Used in Artist's Colors and Their Properties" feature paints and brushes by "Mussini". The second issue features the conclusions of the first two articles begun in the first issue, as well as an article on Picture Varnishes and Their Use. .... more information
Price: 80.00 USD
Solving Advertising Art Problems.
New York, New York: Advertising Artists, Inc., 1920 VG in Good dj. (Some discoloration and light wear to dj. due to age). Grey illus. paper over boards; Grey illus. dj.; 111 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw figures 250 examples of successful advertising with explanatory comments; Includes advertising for a wide variety of products .... more information
Price: 90.00 USD
Colorado Historical Society, 1985 VG. Loose issue. This is issue 2 of this publication. Interesting articles. .... more information
Price: 10.00 USD
School Arts Magazine (Formerly School Arts Book).
1904-1946 Genberally VG. Bound and loose issues Contains a large number of issues, as follows: Vols. 3:9; 10: 5; 15, 17:6, 19:10; 23:4,6-10; 24:1,2,4; 25:5,6; 26:1,3; 30, 31:1-4; 34, 35; 37:2; 39:3,4,7-10; 40:1-3,6-9; 41:1,3-5,7-10; 42, 43:2-10; 44:2,3,5,7,10; 45: 7,8. A significant accumulation. .... more information
Price: 600.00 USD
The Art of Drawing and Painting.
London and New York: The Butterick Publishing Co. (Limited), 1892 Good+ (Wraps chipped in a few areas; First page has a corner missing and pencil writing; Rest of pages pretty clean, though slightly discolored due to age; Wraps pulling away from pages). Black wraps; 183 pp.; 205 bw figures Includes twenty-seven chapters on topics such as pencil drawing, tracing, shading, perspective, sketching, watercolors, oil painting, pastels, tapestry painting, china painting, and more .... more information
Price: 80.00 USD
London: Ackermann & Co., 1847 Good-, exlibrary with perforation stamp on title page and one of the two plates which are present. Taped repair to two non-text sheets at hinge. Library cloth. iv, [2], 17 pp., followed by 2 (of 3) color plates with tissue guards Lacks the third plate (called plate 4 in some places within the text). Scarce, worldcat locates three copies. .... more information
Price: 110.00 USD
New York: E.L. Godkin & Co., Prop, 1876 Fair, front cover off, rear cover going. Contents tight, fine. 1/4 leather. 418 pp. A detailed index is presented at the beginning of the volume, broken down to include topics such as: The Week at Home and Abroad; Notes; Titles of Books Reviewed; Fine Arts (inc. review of 51st N.A. Exhib.,the opening of the new Pennsylvania Academy Building, and Ninth Water-Color Exhibition); Register of Books Received During The Half-Year Ending June 30, 1876 (listed by topic). Also an article on the Massachusetts System of Instruction in Drawing. Uncommon. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
Philadelphia: The Keystone, 1904 VG. Blue cloth. 199 pp. over 200 original Illus. Thirty short chapters cover most any topic you can imagine regarding engraving, including how to engrave on spoons, spoon handles, flatware, etc. Numerous diagrams. .... more information
Price: 45.00 USD
Teacher's Manual for the Primary Course of Instruction in Drawing.
Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1884 vg. Brown boards. 233 pp. numerous illustrations. Gives a day-by-day guide to topics and instructional techniques for the course in drawing. A sturdy copy. From the American Text-Books on Art Education series. .... more information
Price: 45.00 USD
Artist Artisan Institute (overstamp says New York School of Art).
1900 VG. Folded sheet. 6 pp. This school boasted the following as instructors for this session: W.M. Chase, Alice Beckington, Douglas John Connoh, Frank Vincent Du Mond, J.H. Freedlander, F.K. Houston, A.I. Keller, F. Luis Mora, George H. Shorey, C. Eugene Tefft, Theodora W. Thayer and Eugene Paul Ullman. Includes course descriptions, schedule and instructors. Not only was instruction in the Fine Arts available, but in the Arts and Crafts as well. .... more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Philadelphia, PA: F. Weber & Co., circa 1907 Good, some general exterior wear, inside nice.. Blue wraps. 437 pp. Profuse bw illus. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
Manuel de la Conservation et de la Restauration des Peintures.
Paris, France: Institut International de Coopération Intellectuale, 1939 VG-, small stamp & browning to inside front cover. Cream cloth/grey boards. 310 pp. 62 bw plates Text is in French. Includes , in the form of an appendix, a French-English-german lexicon of the technical terms employed in the work, and a table of colors in French, English, and Italian .... more information
Price: 100.00 USD
Boston: 1895 VG. Printed wraps. 26 pp., As might be expected, almost everything suggested is European in origin or influence. The date is derived from research into statements made within the context of an ad for the Chauncy-Hall School. No date is printed. So this is how they decided what the next generation would be exposed to... vital to the study of late 19th century art education and exposure. .... more information
Price: 65.00 USD
U.S. MARINES CLOSE QUARTERS COMBAT MANUAL.
NEW. Learn the deadly art of close-quarters combat as only the U.S. Marine Corps can teach it. This manual presents complete instruction in the LINE(linear infighting neural override engagement)program, the most advanced close-combat system ever taught to the U.S. military. Unlike generic hand-to-hand combat texts, this hard-hitting manual provides truly comprehensive instruction in combat techniques that will work when the only option is to fight for your life. illus.., 200 pages. .... more information
Price: 24.95 USD
NY: Excelsior Publishing Ho, no date VG. Brown boards. 155 pp. 101 line engravings. Subtitled: Containing Instruction in Outline, Light and Shade, Perspective, Sketching from Nature, Figure Drawing, Artistic Anatomy, Landscape, Marine, and Portrait Painting, The Principles of Coloring Applied to Painting, etc. etc. The Whole revised by A Practical Artist. Printed on low-quality paper, some browning. .... more information
Price: 35.00 USD
NY: Jesse Haney & Co., 1868 or later Fair. Cover delicate, scattered foxing. Wraps. 93 + 5 ads pp. ...Also principles of glass staining, harmony and contrast of colors, analysis of color, together with the philosophy, theories and practices of color. One of Haney's Trade Manuals. Includes sections on House Painting, Sign Painting, Graining, Varnishing, Polishing, Staining, Gilding, Glazing, Silvering, Grecian Oil Painting, Chinese Painting and Oriental Painting. .... more information
Price: 125.00 USD
National Exhibition Service, Handbooks 2, 3, 4 and Supplement to No. 2.
Washington, DC: American Federation of Arts, 1937-1940 VG, art library stickers and bookplates inside each. Paper wraps. 4 volumes These are fantastic as sources of what exhibition packages were available to Museums, Colleges, Libraries, Art Associations, Clubs and High Schools during this time period. The booklet gives a brief description of each, including the cost for it and what it contains. A unique resource for this type of information, and scarce (as these were most oftne discarded). .... more information
Price: 150.00 USD
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New York - London: Art Students' League, 1914 Very Good. (28) pages; black and white illustrated throughout, with photo-illustrations of their building on 215 W. Fifty-Seventh St. NY, artworks including portraiture, drawings, nudes, students in various classroom and studio settings including the League Dormitory in Woodstock, more; a listing of the Board & the Instructors (which had the artists Robert Aitken, George Bridgman, Edward L. Chase, Charles Chapman, Alice Beckington, and many others on staff); history of the ASL, the "Object", management, standards, membership requirements, exhibitions; Classes: Mural decoration & composition, etching, modeling, anatomy; Prizes and Scholarships available; with the centerfold being the Schedule of Classes, with title, instructor and.... more information
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Use & Care of Drawing Instruments with Instructive Exercises.
Chicago, IL:: Eugene Dietzgen Co.,, 1947. Very Good. 8vo. 32pp. Crease to center of book that goes from front cover to rear cover. Colors bright on cover w/ b&w illus. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
Minneapolis: Art Instruction, Inc., (1951), Foreword by Walter J. Wilwerding. 4to. Wraps. 32 p. With two form letters laid in . Light cover wear; else very good. .... more information
Price: 22.50 USD
The Secret of The Old Masters.
NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1906 VG-, slight fading and old repair to inner front hinge. Olive cloth. x, 198 pp. Filled with lost secrets used by early painters. Includes notes on varnishes, canvases, oils, etc. Scarce. .... more information
Price: 110.00 USD
NY:: Studio Publications,, (1951). Large 8vo, pp. 95. Illustrated in color and black and white. [The how to do it series.] VG in worn dj. .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
Watson-Guptill, 1987 Fine copy with a fine dust jacket. Beautiful color reproductions and instruction. In "The Art of Pastel Painting," distinguished aritist and teacher Alan Flattmann illuminnates the full range of Pastel's virtually unlimited possibilities. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
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BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BULLETIN 2. CONCERNING ART INSTRUCTION.
No place:: No publisher, 1934 Paperback. Very Good.. ( 8.85 inches ) Self wraps, stapled (8) pages. Authorship and date ( June, 1934 ) printed in type on last leaf at end of work. Very Good with a horizontal fold line on all pages at middle, light tanning along edges of leaves, 4 very small punctures on final leaf. .... more information
Price: 450.00 USD
The Restorer's Handbook of Furniture.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1977 Good, ex-lib with bookplate, ID tags, and back pocket, DJ in generally VG condition, some pages have broken from the binding. Black boards with color pictorial DJ in clear plastic, 130pp, profuse BW and color illustrations and figures From the jacket--Like all works of art, period furniture has suffered from beign badly looked after in everyday life, from unfavorable conditions of preservation, and from unskilled restoration. Daniel Alcouffe, of the Louvre, gives a lively and detailed description of the fascinating profession of restorer, which demands a steady hand, real knowledge of the different forms of style, and finally a deep ethical sense. Fine illustrations allow the layman to follow different operations. The text, both practical and erudite, will be of interest.... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
BOSTON, MASS: Lee & Shepard, 1898 VERY GOOD. "A book of elementary instruction for beginners and amateurs." Colors, materials, subject examples, composition, glossary and index. 250 pp with ad and color wash paletes to rear of text. Some smudging and light soiling to FFEP and RFEP, some light penciling in text, light fading to spine, bumped endcaps, and some color spots to rear board. Front and rear boards have lovely silver debossed designs. .... more information
Price: 23.00 USD
Boston: Lothrop, Lea and Shepar, 1898 VG+. Purple cloth. 250 pp. two color plates in rear. Decorative cloth covers, with design by the author. Contents as follows: Introduction; Colors; Materials; Flowers, Fruit and Still Life; Landscapes and Marines; Figures and Animals; Monochrome; Decoration; Composition; Glossary; Index; Color Washes. Illustrations in the text are by the author, as well. A terrific copy. .... more information
Price: 65.00 USD
WATER COLOR PAINTING A BOOK OF ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS AND AMATEURS.
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1898.250pp. plus two plates., Light green cloth, decorated in silver and gilt. Illustrations. Light foxing early and late, pencil erasure from free endsheet, top edge dust darkened, else very good and bright. First edition. Distinguished by the presence of two plates at the end, bearing 24 watercolor samples prepared by Winsor & Newton, London. .... more information
Price: 75.00 USD
NY: Hurd and Houghton, 1876 Fine. Beveled cloth boards. Orange cloth. 47 + ads pp. Decorative border on title page. One reproduction facing the title page. Subject headings at top of page, no index. A bright copy of an early technique book, translated from the French. .... more information
Price: 45.00 USD
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Frankfurt am Main:: Martin Lechler for Sigismund Feyerabend,, 1585. First Edition, first state with "M.D. XXCV." on t.p.. Jost Amman [1539-1591] Swiss-born painter and engraver on wood and copper. "A noted professor's son, the erudite Jost Amman chose printmaking over scholarship but always maintained contacts in humanist circles. He may have apprenticed in Basel or Zurich and probably also studied in Paris and Lyon. In 1561 Amman settled in Nuremberg, where he worked with Virgil Solis. After Solis's death in 1562, Amman began a lifelong partnership with Solis's publisher, [Feyerbend] adapting himself to every task and changing his style according to his employer's demands. The era's most prolific book illustrator, Amman illustrated at least fifty books for him.... more information
Price: 2500.00 USD
THE "WALKING STICK" METHOD OF SELF-DEFENCE.
Sycamore Island Books, NEW. The walking stick is a convenient and formidable weapon in the hands of a man trained to use it. With the carry and use of firearms and knives becoming more restricted by law, the stick is becoming an increasingly viable implement of practical self-defense for ordinary citizens. Now you can learn both the history and art of stick fighting from one of the earliest known books ever published on the topic.The "Walking Stick" Method of Self-Defence by "an officer of the Indian Police" is an extraordinary example of a practical martial art text of the early twentieth century. Published.... more information
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New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winsto, 1961 VG. Rust/brown/black pictorial wraps; 218 pp.; 212 bw illustrations. From the preface: the material in this book is arranged to help an instructor prepare a foundation college-level course in two-dimensional graphic representation and to help a student understand it. .... more information
Price: 9.00 USD
Worcester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications, Inc., 2010 VG, textbook plate interior front cover. Color illustrated laminate boards, [x] 241pp, hundreds of color and BW figures This studio textbook program is a visually dynamic and extensive resource, specifically designed to fit a range of teaching styles, instructional needs, and classroom configurations. This curriculum covers all printmaking processes including: relief, intaglio, planography, and serigraphy. Students will have the opportunity to explore their own unique style and interests, through stimulating hands-on studio opportunities, from basic to advanced levels. Includes a glossary of terms. .... more information
Price: 75.00 USD
London, England: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1972 Good (Some wear to extremities of wraps, inc. a chip at bottom of spine; Previous owner's name written at ffep; A few notes written in margins throughout). Blue wraps; 100 pp.; No illustrations .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1907 VG (Inkstamp to title page). Green cloth over boards; Gilt titling to spine and front cover; 239 pp. plus 24 pp. advertising other titles; 48 bw figures A guide to parchment paper, transfer paper, preservative paper, fireproof and antifalsification papers, metal papers, colored papers, and many other types .... more information
Price: 125.00 USD
Englewood Cilffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966 Good, DJ is soiled, ex-lib copy with pocket on free endpaper, old tape marks on boards. Yellow boards with pictorial DJ, [xi] 208pp, numerous BW figures A complete guide and reference to the world of three-dimensional art forms (modeling, carving, and constructing), detailing fundamentals and techniques adaptable to all age levels. .... more information
Price: 10.00 USD
Living Materials: A Sculptor's Handbook.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983 VG/VG-, DJ with light wear to edges & light soiling. Rust cloth/grey DJ. xii, 348 pp. Numerous bw plates In this beautifully illustrated studio manual, renowned sculptor Oliver Andrews takes a new approach to sculpture, focusing on how the innate assertiveness of materials affects the complex act of making a sculpture (from the DJ) .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 1984 VG/Good; some fading to dj. Grey cloth with black spine lettering and slate dj with color illustration and white lettering; 127 pp. with profuse color illustrations. Includes sections on materials, design, color, pigments, decorated initial letters, heraldry and notes on techniques of contemporary scribes; with excellent examples of historical examples of illustrated calligraphy. .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
Portraits: Principles and Techniques.
New York, NY: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1959 VG+(like new). Multi-colored illustrated wraps; 46 pp; profusely illustrated with b/w plates and figures. This book like no other is designed help an amuteur painter create a "professional" looking portrait using both text and illustrations; especially focuses on 'light and shadow'. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
A New Approach To Figure Drawing.
NY: Bonanza Books, 1965 VGT. Blue cloth. 112 pp. over 250 illustrations. .... more information
Price: 14.00 USD
The Tamarind Book of Lithography: Art and Techniques.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1971 VG, light sunning to DJ spine, light foxing to edges of text block. Army green cloth boards with green and yellow DJ, 464pp, profuse color and BW figures, plates, and illutrations This volume describes the making of lithographs from the initial planning of the print to the printing of the bon a tirer and the signing of the edition. The matting and framing as well as the storage and care of fine prints are discussed. Printing from stone, zinc and aluminum plates, color and transfer lithography, as well as other special processes, are treated in detail. Every aspect is clearly and thoroughly covered, and each topic is illustrated with step-by-step photographs, charts, and.... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
