American Artists

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Signed on the front-free endpaper by the Artist Louise Nevelson. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Owner name and date to top of endpaper, fine in near fine dust jacket, with light wear and tiny edge tears.

New York: Power House Books / A Blind Spot Book, 2002. First edition / First printing. Ivory cloth with picture tipped to front board in chipboard slipcase. Very fine in very fine slipcase.

Tokyo: Watari-Um, 1992. Signed by Artist Gary Hill on the title page. First edition / First printing. White paper-covered spine, charcoal paper-covered boards decorated in red with white text. Fine. Issued without dust jacket, a clear archival jacket is supplied.

(Pawtuxet Cove, RI): Dale Chihuly, 1982 Signed by Chihuly and inscribed : For Chuck My very best Chihuly 1984. First edition / First printing. Green cloth. Fine in a about fine dust jacket. Back panel of the jacket has a wrinkle in the laminate, which was common with this title. The first monograph on the artist, preceded only by by an exhibition catalogue for the Renwick Museum (1978).

Three Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Translated and illustrated with woodcuts by Wanda Ga'g, author of "Millions of Cats". 1943 Coward-McCann, Inc. First Edition, Stated Fifth Printing Thus. RARE in the original dust jacket. Exlib. Good+/Good- DJ protected in mylar wrap. Green decorated library binding. A solid, clean copy in a Rare/Scarce original unclipped $2.00 dust jacket. BRIGHT RED jacket is not sunned. The dj spine is missing 1 inch of the top of its spine, otherwise very nice. Back panel states: Books By Wanda Gag list from Millions of Cats through More Tales From Grimm. Coward-McCann, Inc.

New York: Rizolli, 1986. Signed by the architect on the half-title page. Additionally inscribed: New York 1988 For Eric Klock from Robert A M Stern. First edition / First printing. Green cloth. Near fine, with mild sunning to the top edge of the boards, in near fine dust jacket with slight fading to the spine, and a surface scratch to the rear panel. Eric Klock is a Snohomish, Washington based Architect, founder of KPA Associates.

MAUDE HUMPHREY: Treasury of Stories, Jingles, and Rhymes. Frederick A. Stokes, undated. Circa 1894. FIRST EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY MAUDE HUMPHREY. Written by Mary Rice Miller and Elisabeth S. Tucker. SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY. 242 pages. Maroon boards with gold titling and ornamentation. Good condition front paper paste-down label of a little girl wearing a red feather in her blue hat. Please see our photos. Used. Good/ No DJ. A solid copy with intact gutters. "Humphrey was one of the first great American women illustrators paving the way for Jessie Willcox Smith, Grace Drayton and the many other women illustrators of the early 20th century. Humphrey is also known for being film star HUMPHREY BOGART'S mother (and in fact she used her son as a model for many of her pictures)." QUITE RARE. A NICE FIND.

Santa Monica, CA: Ram Publications / Huntington Library, 1997. Signed on the title page by Michael Kenna. Additionally inscribed: To Michael, with very best regards, September 12, 97. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket, with a hint of fading to the dust jacket spine. A lovely production.

Stevenson, Robert Louis: A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 1905, Charles Scribner's Sons FIRST EDITION THUS. Copyright page States BB2C-1.58 [H]. Yellow topstain. Used. VG/Good- original price-clipped purple dust jacket. RARE THUS. A nice, solid copy. CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS SERIES.

Rochester: Visual Studies Workshop, 1974. Title with a few soft creases and soil-marks, occasional light wear to corners, generally clean and fresh. Title and 29 photographs, prints, and mixed-media pieces, either full sheet or on mounts, each signed by the artist either on recto or verso. Each 14 x 11 inches (or smaller and mounted). Number 39 of 75 copies. The artists include Skip Atwater, L. Myers, S. Moore, Elsa C. Voelcker, Laddy Kite, F. Duffy, Paul Ginsberg, Gail De Loach, L. Blacklow, Joan Lyons, Jonathan Morse, Greg Taylor, David Greene, Eve Cohen, Steve Foote, Frank Pflaumer, J. Morse, Gunther Cartwright, Alan Winer, Erik Sundance, A, Rosen, Tad Goodale, and other artists. The Visual Studies Workshop was founded by Joan Lyons in 1971 and has been a crucible for experimentation ever since. The Workshop has published over 450 titles. Scarce: not in OCLC.

Nancy's Mysterious Letter: Keene, Carolyn. Copyright 1932, Grosset & Dunlap. RARE Nancy Drew #8, 1939 issue thus. Includes original "HEADLINE BOOKS FOR GIRLS" DUST JACKET. RUSSELL H. TANDY COVER ART. Since the dj Back panel authors are: Faith Baldwin through Ann Spence Warner and titles listed were published in 1931, this may be a first state unclipped dust jacket. Price on front flap is 5050. USED. Good Condition/ Good Condition DJ. Summary: "By mistake Nancy Drew receives a letter from England intended for an heiress, also named Nancy Drew. When Nancy undertakes a search for the missing young woman, it becomes obvious that a ruthless, dangerous man is determined to prevent her from finding the heiress or himself."

WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT: Flack, Marjorie. THE STORY ABOUT PING. ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. FIRST EDITION 1933 VIKING PRESS. 3 lines of copyright information. HARDCOVER. BACK DJ FLAP INCLUDES JUNIOR VIKING COUPON. Matching blue floating duck back board and dust jacket panels do not bear weekly reader logo. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTO OF DJ BACK PANEL. Unclipped Front DJ flap priced at $1.00 . QUITE THE FIND. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD CONDITION UNCLIPPED DJ. Unpaginated. 7 X 9 1/4. A CLEAN SOLID COPY. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTOS.

RARE OCTOBER, 1908 HARPER & BROS. UNEXPURGATED FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING THUS. INCLUDES THE WATERMELON PAGE. COLOUR PRINTS. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL. Good + condition / No DJ included. USED. Front paper past-down is in good shape. Some finger marks noticed on a few pages. Unpaginated. 7 1/4 X 9

DUST JACKET ONLY. NO BOOK IS INCLUDED The Aesop For Children Rand McNally & Company copyright 1919. MILO WINTER 27 X 11 7/8 Orange/Red First Edition unclipped DUST JACKET ONLY. This dust jacket (fits a volume 9 3/4 X 11 7/8) Original price $2.00. USED. Good condition.

Making of the book in words : "Andrew Wyeth supervised this book step by step. The paintings to be reproduced (almost entire body of his major work) were photographed directly from the originals for this book." Illustration have inscriptions..
Andrew Wyeth grew up surrounded with art and artists. His father Newell C. Wyeth was a distinguished illustrator of his day. His two sister also were artists.
This book is a rare gem. And a part of American History.