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The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art. . NY & Chicago: Simon & Schuster, Britannica ca. 1973. Hard Cover. No date in book but library of congress catalog number starts with 73. Big, very heavy book. Red cloth boards. Front of dust jacket has 2" tear and some creases. Color and black and white illustrations. Fine in Very Good DJ
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Cultural Relics Unearthed in China; Cultural Relics Unearthed During the Period of the Great Cultural Revolution - Vol. I. . Peking: Wenwu Press 1972. Hard Cover. First title "Unearthed in China" is on book dj. Longer title is on the six- page pamphlet in English. Chinese version is 15-pg pamphlet laid in dated 1973. Folio; 152 pages of b&w illustrations & tipped-in color illustrations. Bronze, silver, iron, textiles, etc. Book is fine in a protective plastic sleeve with red Chinese characters title. DJ has some laminate creases on the front panel, minor corner wear. Fine in glassine cover and Very Good DJ
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Great Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. . NY: Abrams 1959. Hard Cover. First edition. Dust jacket has 1" tear on front panel. Selection from the European collections. Text by Metropolitan staff. 60 tipped-in plates, 24 monochrome reproductions. Early Italian & Flemish to the French post-impressionists. 10-1/2x13". Near Fine in Very Good DJ
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The Image of America in Caricature & Cartoon. . Ft. Worth: Amon Carter Museum 1975. Hard Cover. First edition. Dust jacket has small smudge top edge. 40-page discussion and 152 pages of illustrations from the exhibition at Amon Carter Museum and Fort Wayne Library. . Fine in VG+ DJ
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Abel, Bob (Editor). . The American Cartoon Album. . NY: Dodd Mead 1974. Hard Cover. Small bump on front board edge. Few tears up to 1-1/2 inch on dust jacket. Anthology of cartoons by major cartoonists, many not published elsewhere. Sam Gross, Eldon Dedini, Hoff, Zeigler, etc. 12" tall. Errata slip laid in. Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Adamson, Joe. . Bugs Bunny: Fifty Years and Only One Grey Hare. . NY: Henry Holt 1990. Hard Cover. First Edition. Prefaces by Friz Freleng & Chuck Jones. 192 pages. 400+ illustrations, mostly color. The story of the character, the directors, storymen, animators, etc. Near Fine in Fine DJ
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Adriani, Bruno. . Autograph letters signed. . Signed. 1948. Two handwritten signed letters by the sculptor on his printed name letterhead paper. One letter dated 30/1/48 is one paragraph thanking a Mrs. Clarmonte for sending an article on M. Proust. Other letter dated 1/June?/1948 to same recipient is two paragraphs & discusses Baudelaire and a lecture to be given by Mrs. Clarmonte. The two letters are stapled together and have folds from a small envelope. Tiny tear at top of both letters. Very Good
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Alpatov, M. W. . Art Treasures of Russia. . NY: Abrams ca. 1967. Hard Cover. Small corner bump, 1/4" tear at bottom of 6 pgs. Dust jacket has small creases at bottom. Beautiful, large book with 104 hand tipped-in color plates. Commentaries by Olga Dacenko. Translated from the Russian. Includes religious art, gold & metal, carvings, sculpture, icons, and architecture. Red buckram-covered boards. 12-1/2" tall, heavy. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ
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Ames, Lee J. . Draw 50 Famous Faces. . Garden City: Doubleday 1978. Hard Cover. Second printing. Simple steps to drawing George Washington, Fidel Castro, Barbra Streisand, Hitler, Stalin, Lincoln, Harpo Marx, Nixon, JFK, etc. 12" tall. Bright orange dust jacket has a few rubs and short tears. Near Fine in Very Good DJ
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Argan, Giulio Carlo, I Tomassoni, A.Verdet. . Brajo Fuso. . Rome: Editalia 1976. Hard Cover. The art of Renaissance man Brajo Fuso, combining painting, sculpture and ceramics. Introduction in three languages. 304 pages, full plates in color and b&w. 12-1/4" x 9-1/4" (23 x 31 cm). Inscribed by Fuso: "Alla Contessa Paolozzi. Brajo Fuso 12-7-77" The month 7 is crossed out and 6 written over it. Book is near fine. Dust jacket has slight edgewear at the spine. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ
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Bennett, Peter. . The Illustrated Child. . NY: Putnam 1979. Hard Cover. First edition. Over 200 color & b&w illustrations of children in books, magazines, posters, & comic strips over 450 years. Book has light wear to cloth at extremities, in near fine dust jacket with crease on rear panel. Illustrated by Dreadnaught. . Very Good in Near Fine DJ
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Berger, Charles. . Image Tibet. . Mill Valley/San Francisco: Artisan Press 1973. Hard Cover. First edition thus. Color silk-screen printed photos of Tibetan Buddhist Refugee Settlements in northern India. printed in this edition of 5000 copies. Maroon boards with small bump at foot of spine. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ
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Berman, Carl. . People of the High Plateau. . First British edition. England: Howell Press 1989. Hard Cover. First edition. Color paintings & text on the tribes of the world's high mountain areas from South America to Himalayas. 114 pp. Preface by Frederick Dockstader. Fine in near fine dust jacket with few rubs. . Fine in Near Fine DJ
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Biegeleisen, J.I. and E. J. Busenbark. . The Silk Screen Printing Process. . NY: McGraw Hill 1941. Hard Cover. Second edition. Equipment, mediums, methods, finishing, estimating costs, shop management, etc. Many illustrations. Bright color frontis with tissue guard. No dust jacket. Seventh printing of second edition. Sticker removed from front pastedown. Clean and unmarked. Very Good
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Binyon, Laurence. . The Spirit of Man in Asian Art. . Cambridge: Harvard Univ. 1935. Hard Cover. First edition. Series of lectures illustrated with 69 plates. 217 pp text. Small board corner bump. Dust jacket has chips at top of spine and front panel, 2" tear. . Very Good in Good DJ
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Black, Bernard. . Vasse's 'Bambinelli': The Child Portraits of an 18th-century French Sculptor. . London & NJ: Athlone 1994. Hard Cover. First edition. Vasse was a major sculptor to Louis XV of France, and many of the busts are of Vasse's children. 31 plates. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Blackbeard, Bill & Martin Williams (Editors). . The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics. . NY: Smithsonian 1977. Hard Cover. The American newspaper comic strip from 1890s to 1970s with some of the most accomplished and critically notable strips beginning with Yellow Kid of 1896. Illustrated with full strips in color and black & white. Selected bibliography and annotated index of comics. 3rd printing. Heavy book Light damp stain on rear board. Dust jacket has a few minor rubs at corners. Very Good in Near Fine DJ
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Blackman, Barry. . Special Effects for Print Art Directors, Designers, and Photographers. . NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1987. Hard Cover. VG+ (slight wear on bottom board edges) in fine dj. "A menu of unretouched special effects." Index. No price on dj, not clipped and no bkclb embossing. Illustrated by color photos. VG+ in Fine DJ
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Block, Herbert. . Herblock on All Fronts. . NY: NAL New American Library 1980. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. Yellow boards bumped at bottom of spine. Cartoons and text covering the 1970s by editorial cartoonist Block. . Very Good in Near Fine DJ
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Block, Herbert. . Herblock Special Report. . Signed. NY: Norton 1974. Hard Cover. First edition. Words and cartoons on Richard Nixon from congressman through presidency. Inscribed "For Steve W--- with best wishes of Herb Block" on front free endpaper. Fading on blue board edges. Front flap of dust jacket has top corner clipped. However, the price is intact at the bottom corner. Dust jacket has 1/4" tear, and creases at folds. Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Block, Herbert. . Herblock Special Report. . NY: Norton 1974. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. Political cartoonist's words and cartoons on Nixon's career from congressman through presidency. Blue boards slightly faded at top and bottom. Price-clipped dust jacket has two half-inch tears,. Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Broder, Patricia Janis. . Bronzes of the American West. . Signed. NY: Abrams 1973. Hard Cover. First edition. Beautiful b&w and color illustrations of sculpture of the western experience from colonial times to the present. Introduction by Harold McCracken, Director Emeritus of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art in Cody, Wyoming. Text explores themes & lives of artists, including Remington, Russell, Deming, and many others. Complete documentary material includes biographical dictionary, geographical index, and comprehensive index. Signed by author. 11-1/2 x 11". Fine in Fine DJ
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Bullard, Helen. . The American Doll Artist: Vol. II. . N. Kansas City: Athena 1975. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. Thirty artists with photo illustrations of their work. Index. Clean and unmarked. Fine in Fine DJ
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Coverley-Price, Victor. . An Artist Among Mountains. . London: Robert Hale 1957. Hard Cover. First edition. Small spot on verso of frontis picture. Dust jacket has couple of small tears & a crease at top edge. Artist/mountaineer writes of his travels in the Andes, Himalayas, Rockies, Mt. Fujiyama, etc. Illustrated with black and white full-page photos of his paintings. . Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Davis, Alec. . Package & Print: The Development of Container and Label Design. . First American edition. NY: Potter 1968. Hard Cover. First edition. History of packaging with 200 illustrations & 4 color plates drawn from Britain, America and Continental Europe. Dust jacket has slight crimping at top of spine. . Fine in Very Good DJ
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