Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1972. Paperback. vii, 120p., profuse sepia photoportraits reproduced well on glazed alkaline paperstock, captioned with scattered commentaries. Also find an original fullpage line map in two colors. Softbound in 11.5x9 inch pictorial wraps; externally rather rubbed with a scuffed spine, else sound, clean within..... More
Cat.No: 236149
Nancy: Editions de l'Ouest Eclair, 1934. Paperback. 36 numbered fullpage gravures on heavy alkaline atock, alternating with blanks and brief texts on lighter stock, the graphics measuring 9x6.5 inches. Softbound in oblong decorated wraps measuring 9.5x12.5 inches, textblock is staple-fastened and the blanks have pulled away from staples, exposing them..... More
Cat.No: 286853
Munchen / New-York: Braun & Schneider / E. Weyhe, Art Books in All Languages, n.d. Hardcover. Unpaginated folio leaves of semi-coated paperstock bearing wood-engraved images (four or more to a page) skillfully hand-colored; original 13.5x9 inch cloth boards are present but dreadfully worn and ineptly tape-repaired. Laid in is an..... More
Cat.No: 195300
Albuquerque: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology / University of New Mexico Press. Paperback. xvii, 76p., a particularly absorbing catalog (per one who has catalogued too many catalogs), b&w and color photography throughout, period, contemporary, exhibit and field. The reader will be glad of the double-spread line map, the documentation is of..... More
Cat.No: 236769
Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1970. Magazine. xi, 160p., numerous illustrations appended on glazed alkaline stock, followed by lengthy explanations of each image, these reproduced well in color and b&w, hardbound in 10x7 inch green cloth boards sans any titling but enclosed in a color pictorial dust jacket. Front hinge is..... More
Cat.No: 297785
New Delhi: Lustre Press / Roli Books, 2000. Hardcover. 150p., high-gloss paperstock, profuse 25color exhibit photography, minimal text; first edition 12.5 inch-square laminated decorated boards in dj and pictorial slipcase. A fine unblemished copy. More
Cat.No: 172502
London: Christie's, 2007. Hardcover. 348, 321p,, printed price list laid in with holograph info added. Plentiful color plates rendered clearly, numerous extraordinary maps, learned commentary by Christie staff. Catalogs a matched pair, each hardbound in openweave green cloth boards with large color onlay decoration, 10.7x8.2 inches. Corner-tips slightly bumped, otherwise..... More
Cat.No: 276217
Newark NJ: The Newark Museum, 2005. Oversized Paperback. 40p., coated alkaline paperstock with color exhibit and site photography, first edition 12x9 inch color wraps, a fine unblemished copy. Twentieth century confections, lots of bead work. More
Cat.No: 171904
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Hardcover. 250p., illustrated with a generous clutch of b&w photographs by the author, hardbound in 8.5x5.5 inch dark grey papered boards lacking the jacket. Casing paper has small chips at most extremities, else sound, clean within and unmarked except for the endsheets, which bear..... More
Cat.No: 298510
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1971. 216p., profuse b&w exhibit photography, with scattered colorphoto work, presswork on alkaline clay-coated paper and hardbound in 12x8.5 inch openweave dark blue cloth boards titled silverfoil and enclosed in the dust jacket. Dj mildly edgeworn, cloth has a touch of dust-soil else perfectly clean, a...... More
Cat.No: 263950
Paris: H. Cros, [circa 1910]. Pamphlet. [10]p., exhibit photography in b&w on cream tint-blocks, softbound, a 10x7 inch pamphlet stapled into textured coverstock embossed in gilt, covers are somewhat edgeworn with a fore-edge abrasion and mild dust- and handling-soil, staples rusted with a touch of migration, clean within and unmarked..... More
Cat.No: 242764
Madrid / Paris: Miguel Campo-Redondo / Lamourex, 1858. 384p., texts printed on reasonably alkaline stock, the complete magazine-year bound in original 11x7 inch black-papered boards and a quarter-calf dark-green spine titled and ruled gilt. All edges tinted aqua-green. El Correo marketed household wisdom exclusively in the Spanish language, madly illustrated..... More
Cat.No: 243246
Madrid / Paris: Miguel Campo-Redondo / Lamourex, 1859. 384p., texts printed on reasonably alkaline stock, the complete magazine-year bound in original 11x7 inch black-papered boards and a quarter-calf dark-green spine titled and ruled gilt. All edges tinted aqua-green. El Correo marketed household wisdom exclusively in the Spanish language, madly illustrated..... More
Cat.No: 243247
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Paperback. xxviii, 561p., coated paper throughout, a plethora of b&w plates and musical notation, includes a colorphoto section painted by Eagle Shield. Softbound in 9x6 inch gloss-black wraps decorated with a modernist picture. Covers slightly curled, fore edge faintly soiled, remainder stroke in inkpen..... More
Cat.No: 294524
Paris: Purple Institute / Studio Zero, 2010. Magazine. Unpaginated, perhaps 75p., high-gloss paperstock with captioned photos and snapshots; softbound, a pamphlet-like magazine in 11x8 inch stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 245244
Antwerpen / 'S-Gravenhage: De Sikkel / Martinus Nijhoff, 1946. Paperback. 127p., mostly text followed by a limited number of sketched diagrams explaining certain motifs, presswork on nice pulpy alkaline stock, softbound in 10x7.5 inch grey wraps printed in red and black. Textblock is cleanly and near-fine with most signatures unopened..... More
Cat.No: 297868
San Ramon CA: Orders and Medals Society of America, 2008. Paperback. x, 190p., profuse exhibit pictures, period photos and postcards, portraits, in color and b&w; wherever item is on the spectrum it appears thusly; on alkaline coated stock throughout. Large heavy paperbound, 11x8.5 inches; covers a little edgeworn with faint..... More
Cat.No: 229809
Berkeley: Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California Press, 1979. Paperback. 98p., coated alkaline paperstock throughout with profuse illustrations: b&w and color exhibit photography, portraits of weavers and wearers, and explanatory diagrams. Softbound in 11x8.5 inch color wraps. Slight edgewear, a minute bump at head of spine, otherwise sound and..... More
Cat.No: 244722
Rutland VT / Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1954. Paperback. 127p., illustrated in b&w photography, production stills and other elements, softbound in 10x7 inch decorated cardstock covers, covers a little sunned and somewhat scratched, clean and unmarked within, a good copy. More
Cat.No: 298300
Wein: Bundesministerium fur Inneres, 1995. 47p., faithful color reproductions on glossy alkaline paperstock, texts in German and English equally; softbound in 8x8.5 inch pictorial wraps. A little edgeworn with light cover corner creasing that (light or not) affects every leaf. Clean and sound within, a good to very good copy..... More
Cat.No: 229294
Barcelona: Libreria Teatral Millá, 1944. Hardcover. 106p., text in Spanish, illustrated with drawings and b&w photos and 8 color plates tipped-in, first edition in boards with color plate affixed front cover and lightly-worn color pictorial dj. Quite various, with an emphasis on historic costume, stage manner and makeup, and a...... More
Cat.No: 205368
Bern: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1958. Hardcover. 144p., profusely illustrated in color photography (strictly in color) printed recto facing verso texts, presswork on semi-glazed alkaline paperstock, all texts in the German language. Hardbound in 11x9 inch maroon cloth boards lettered and decorated in white. Lacks the jacket, but in nice square..... More
Cat.No: 300110
San Francisco: Cypress House, 2003. Hardcover. 138p., first printing. profusely illus. with color photos showing work by San Francisco's most prominent African American hatmaker, no. 97 of 1,000 copies of the limited edition inscribed and numbered by Garland-Dewson, 9x11.5 inches in landscape format. Flyer for reception for book laid in..... More
Cat.No: 80187
Brooklyn: PH / powerHouse Books, 2006. 151p., coated paperstock with marginless color photography throughout, interspersed with text in Spanish and English. First edition oblong 9x11.5 inch laminated pictorial boards in dj that duplicates this decoration, sound and clean, a very good copy; it is autographed by Gianturco nicely across the..... More
Cat.No: 172585
