Richard Serra Rolled and Forged
WINGATE, Ealan (editor) 11 x 10 inches. 75 pages. Cloth; printed dust jacket. "In this volume, four distinct works by the important American sculptor Richard Serra are linked by a common theme: each is based on the relationship between the viewer and a horizontal or planar elevation on eye level. Elevations, Repetitions is a complex of 16 elements of different heights; Equal Weights and Measures is composed of six equal blocks of forged steel, rotated such that it's difficult to confirm that sameness. No Relief consists of two 60-foot, six-inch-thick horizontal slabs flush to the wall on opposite sides of a narrow room, compressing the elongated space. And Round is a forged steel work with a diameter of 84 inches and a weight of 50 tons, set on an unnerving slope. Serra's other recent projects include an eight-part permanent installation at the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao and a Spring 2007 survey at The Museum of Modern Art" (the publisher). A near-fine copy with some modest handling wear- $75
- $75
The Architecture of I.M. Pei: With an Illustrated Catalogue of the Buildings and Projects
WISEMAN, Carter 11.25 x 9.25 inches. 340 pages. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white and color. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition, with 356 illustrations included. A near-fine copy; jacket lightly rubbed- $250
- $250
Richard Serra: Torqued Spirals, Toruses and Spheres
SERRA, Richard (artist); Dick REINARTZ (photographer); Hal FOSTER (text by) 11.75 9.75 inches. 63 pages. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition. "Torqued Spirals, Toruses and Spheres inaugurates Richard Serra's recent experimentations with new sculptural shapes and forms. His single- and double-torqued ellipses, with their endlessly spiraling interior corridors, give the impression that your body is its own rollercoaster, one that runs not up and down but round and round" (the publisher). A near-fine copy- $40
- $40
Magnum Degrees
IGNATIEFF, Michael; MAGNUM PHOTOGRAPHERS 10.15 x 10.25 inches. 536 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial boards. "By taking the temperature of the world's political and social climate, the photographers of "magnumdegree" offer a vision of the contemporary world as the new millennium begins. "magnumdegree" is a book about history and humanity, journalism and art, and reveals the photographers of Magnum entering a new era" (the publisher) Includes 520 photos, 175 in color. Edges slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy- $50
- $50
Fear of Flying
JONG, Erica 8vo. [12], 340 pages. Original blue cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Presentation copy, with a lengthy inscription by Jong across the span of the title: "June '74 / For RIch / My old pal from worser days - the die was cast then - with much love & thanks for much / Tea & sympathy / Erica.". Cloth faded at edges and with light wear at extremities; jacket toned and with some light chipping at edges- $175
- $175
Lux Evangelica Sub Velum Sacrorum Emblematum Recondita in Anni Dominicas Selectu Historia & Morali Doctrine Varie Adumbrata
ENGELGRAVE, Hendrick Volume 1 only: 12mo (15 x 8.8 cm). [8], 683, [29] pages. Text in double-columns. Engraved title signed I.v. Meaurs and 52 engraved emblems in text. COntemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. Provenance: early shelfmark of S. Maurity in manuscript on upper sheet edges. Jacobus van de Walle's laudetory poem is at the beginning on pages [6-10]. The second volume contained an additional 52 engraved emblems. Engelgrave was a Belgian theologian, brother of the preceding, was born at Antwerp in 1610. He joined the society of Jesus in 1628; became successively director and then prefect of the lower classes; directed for fifteen years several convents; became rector of the colleges of Oudenarde, Cassel, and Bruges. The present work was put on the Index at Rome on 27 July 1686, but it was reprinted several times. Binding with wear at extremites; pale dampstain throughout the text- $200
- $200
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
[STEIN, Gertrude] 8vo. 310 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Toklas by Man Ray, photographic plates. Original blue cloth, lettered in silver on front cover and spine, top edges stained blue; acetate dust wrapper. Third printing. Signed by Gertrude Stein on the front free endpaper. This was the first of Stein's works to be published in The Atlantic Monthly, and its commercial success - much to some of her contemporaries' chagrin - allowed her to live a more prosperous life. See Wilson A20. Acetate torn on rear panel and slightly offset on endpapers, spine slightly faded, light wear at extremities, generally a clean and bright copy- $750
- $750
Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
BOLTON, Andrew Folio. The complete set of items in the limited edition: cloth-bound edition of the book (black cloth), paperback pamphlet of interviews; and folded poster. Together in the original laser cut, high-density polyethylene box, outer black paper sleeve, and in the original folding cardboard box from the publisher. One of 600 copies of this limited edition that was available only at The Met and is now long out-of-print. The poster shows 600 images of ensembles featured in the publication. "Manus x Machina features more than 170 examples of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear, dating from the early 1900s to the present. The exhibition addresses the founding of the haute couture in the 19th century, when the sewing machine was invented, and the emergence of a distinction between the hand (manus) and the machine (machina) at the onset of industrialization and mass production" (the Met). A few scuffs to the cloth binding but generally in near-fine condition- $750
- $750
Innovation in Collaborative Printmaking: Kenneth Tyler 1963-1992
TYLER, Kenneth (artist); Josef ALBERS; Anthony CARO; Helen FRANKENTHALER; Nancy GRAVES; David HOCKNEY; Jasper JOHNS; Ellsworth KELLY; Terence LA NOUE; Roy LICHENSTEIN; Joan MITCHELL; Robert MOTHERWELL; John NEWMAN; Kenneth NOLAND; Hugh O'DONNELL; Claes OLDENBURG; Robert RAUSCHENBERG; James ROSENQUIST; Alan SHIELDS; Steven SORMAN; Frank STELLA 12 x 9 inches. 236 pages. Wrappers. "Kenneth E. Tyler, AO (born December 13, 1931) is a master printer, publisher, arts educator and a prominent figure in the American post-war revival of fine art, limited edition printmaking. Tyler established leading print workshops and publishing houses on both West and East coasts of the United States and made several innovations in printmaking technology. His technical expertise and willingness to experiment on a bold scale drew many famous and influential artists to his workshops, among them Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg, Anthony Caro and Jasper Johns. Ken Tyler remains active as an educator and promoter of fine art printmaking, and mentor of a younger generation of printers through his various training and collecting institutions in Singapore, Japan, Australia and the US.". A fine copy in a near-fine wrapper that has some light wear at edges, inner rear flap creased- $75
- $75
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Typescript (ribbon) for the story “Age and the Little Boy: A Fantasy]
BASON, Frederick 9 pages, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Stapled upper left. With holograph corrections and additions throughout. An insightful typescript, given Bason's detailed note on the cover sheet: "This sold in early 1932. It appeared in a Northern magazine. There is no other copy. The is only MSS I had a 'secretary' for about 3 weeks being 'in funds' - The 4th week I was BROKE and she had to go with genuine regret for ME. It was the fall 1949 I got a new secretary for 5 weeks, Fred Bason." He further writes: "Written 1930 / Sold 1932 / Now goes the MSS in 1958 - after being hidden & lost since 1933!" WITH: Typescript for "The First-Night. by a Galleryite. Author of Gallery Unreserved." 2 pages, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. With Bason's name and address in manuscript and note in pencil "Was Never Published." A bit chipped at edges. Some light wear, generally fine- $350
- $350
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Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late Hon. Albert G. Greene . to be Sold by Auction . [by] Bangs, Merwin & Co. March 29, 1869
[GREENE, Hon. Albert G., collection] 8vo. 521 pages. Contemporary black half roan, pebbled black cloth boards, edges untrimmed. Label presenting the copy to The Philomathic Club by F. S. Crawford, Concord (with the Club's name gilt-lettered on spine). 6742 lots. ". buyers were unenthusiastic when the Greene library itself was brough to auction in the spring of 1869. Caleb Fiske Harris, a Providence collector who was just starting to develop his distinguished collection of American poetry, did make a number of significant purchases. Since the Harris library eventually went to Brown University, it can be claimed that Greene influenced the formation of one of the chief collections of early American poetry in the country" (Dickinson, 'Dictionary of American Book Collectors', p. 142-43). McKay 1425.- $250
- $250
A group of 15 catalogues issued by the New York City bookseller, New York, January 1885 – ca 1900
BENJAMIN, William Evarts Together in 2 volumes, 8vo and 4to. Blue half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, original printed wrappers bound in. One of Benjamin's own sets with extensive orders marked (some purchaser's names given) and a few other notes in six of the quarto catalogues. Comprises: 6 of the first 12 catalogues (nos. 1, 3, 5, unnumbered, 10 and 12), all 8vo; and 9 of the quarto catalogues (nos. 69, 91, 73, 74, 77, 78, 80, 81 and 84). (BA). Wear at joints and some corners- $450
- $450
[Cover title:] A Catalogue of Autograph Letters, Original Manuscripts, and Historical Documents. Being Composed of James R. Osgood’s Collection, and other valuable and desirable specimens.
BENJAMIN, William Evarts 8vo. 36 pages. Original light blue pictorial printed wrappers, untrimmed. A dealer's priced catalogue, offering mainly literary autographs. One can only drool at the availability of a good two-page Keats or Shelley letter for $50, an excellent Poe letter for $35, a 31-page Hawthorne manuscript of an "Our Old Home" sketch for $90. Not to mention the 790-pages of all seven of Emerson's 'Representative Men' essays for $500. Being catalogue #44. (BA). Front wrapper with loss affecting the pictorial illustration upper right, awkwardly tipped in [but now loose] to p. 23 is a 4-page prospectus by Benjamin for a de luxe edition of Longfellow- $35
- $35
Letter signed (“Wm. Gowans”) to Fitz-Green Halleck, poet and a Gowans customer; [New York, n.d. (not after 1867)
GOWANS, William 2 1/2 pages, small 4to. "Every body has some 'damned good natured friend.' Let me be your ficus achates on this occasion & point out the amusing passage in the National Journal. You will see that you are not so great a man as we have always supposed you were. An Invalid criticizes you, & a 'young sprig of the law' knows no such man'. Pray instruct me - how can a man have 'a fine poetical tact' and yet 'want taste'? What is this 'poetical tact' but 'taste'? - However whenever I am asked hereafter whether Halleck is a Poet? I shall answer, 'I know no such man. He has tact but no taste & his great defect is congruity'. Be virtuous & be happy." The body of the letter is presumably in the hand of Edward Nash, his long-time assistant and amanuensis (Gowans had never learned to spell). (BA).- $350
- $350
Five “Mrs. Brown” novels
SKETCHLEY, Arthur Comprising: Mrs. Brown Up the Nile. [1869]. - Mrs. Brown on "Dizzy". [1874]. - Mrs. Brown at the Skating Rink. [1875]. - Mrs. Brown at Cleopatra's Needle. [1878]. - Mrs. Brown and King Cetewayo. [1882]. All published London: George Routledge and Sons. Original "yellow back" pictorial boards. Sadlier 3631. General wear and soiling, but overall well preserved- $350
- $350
Catalogue of Mr. John A. Rice’s Library. To Be Sold by Auction on Monday March 21st 1870 and Five Following Days by Bangs Merwin & Co
[RICE, John A., collection] 8vo. xvi, 556 pages, prices realized bound at back as pp. 541-556. Contemporary reddish-brown half morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt. 2687 items, catalogued by Joseph Sabin at the collector's home in Chicago and sold in New York: "Since the Rice collection was well known, such important Americana collectors as William Menzies, Edward Asay, and George Brinley were on hand to vie for rarities. With a return of more than $42,000, the Rice sale was one of the most profitable held in the United States up to that time" (Dickinson, 'Dictionary of American Book Collectors', p. 268). Some rubbing to binding- $250
- $250
Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr. Thomas W. Field. To be sold at Auction. May 24th 1875
[FIELD, Thomas W., collection] - Joseph SABIN 8vo. 376 pages [without the supplement]. 20th-century blue buckram. 2663 lots, priced throughout in ink. "Field's fortunes declined in the mid-1880s and he was forced to sell his library at auction. Under careful management of master auctioneer Joseph Sabin, the books brought a fair return, although some items, like the handsome set of DeBry's 'Voyages', yielded only a fraction of their market value. The importance of the Field library can not be overlooked in any analysis of American book auction history. It was the first time a significant collection of Indian materials was offered on the open market" (Dickinson, 'Dictionary of American Book Collectors', p. 116). Some chipping at sheet edges, spine faded- $200
- $200
The Books Published By the Vatican Library MDCCCLXXXV-MCMXXXXVII. An Illustrated Analytic Catalogue
VATICAN LIBRARY 4to (28 x 21 cm). LIV, 183, [4] pages. 6 plates including frontispiece and 8 illustrations in text. Original brown half morocco. First edition, inscribed by Dom Anselmo M. Albareda, prefect of the Vatican Library, and Fray Sylvester Brielmaier, librarian of Collegio San Lorenzo, Rome, 10 June 1949. Spine separated, other light wear to binding; internally fine
When the Devil Was Well
STEVENSON, Robert Louis; William P. TRENT, editor 4to (23 x 17.5 cm). Frontispiece portrait, folding facsimile plates of the manuscript. Original gilt-lettered parchment-backed boards; fragment of plain original dust wrapper. One of 450 copies of this "Small Complimentary Edition," issued by The Bibliophile Society as a "token of gratitude and appreciation" for Rosenbach as he had allowed them to reproduce his original manuscript of this piece.