ART from Barbara Bilson Books

San Marino: The Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1991. Fine paperback copy of the Exhibition Catalog for the 1991 exhibition at the Huntington Library. 76 pages. Studies of American drawings from the nineteenth century with Bloch's own commentaries. Black and white reproductions of the drawings.. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Illus. by Black and white illustrations.

San Pedro, California: Angels Gate Press, 1979. SIGNED by the author/artist on one of the back pages opposite his photograph. Number 32 of 50 copies. Very good- (slight lifting of pasted title strip on spine, some very light soil on top page edges, and some spotting and soil on white part of covers) without dust jacket. This book is a… Read more about this item

Dartmouth College Publications. Very good (sunned covers) in soft covers with tied cord binding. 24 pages. Orange-brown heavy paper covers. Undated but copyright is 1934; probably a later reprint. Photographs of Orozco's frescoes in the Baker Library at Dartmouth College. Contains a one-page introduction by Orozco and a narrative by Albert I. Dickerson accompanying the photographs.. Soft Cover. Illus. by… Read more about this item

New York: Devin-Adair, 1955. Very good (darkened covers and top page edges, some edgewear at corners and one bumped corner). No dust jacket. Rodman explores the changes in western art. 5 sections: The Eye of God, Secularization of the Image (Giotto to Rembrandt), Search for Simplicity (19th century), Religion of Experience vs Religion of Form (20th century), and finally The… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1965. Very good+ (moderate wear to cover edges and corners, otherwise a very nice copy, clean and bright) in very good- clear plastic dust jacket with red lettering (rubbed; small piece missing from spine head and heal; now protected in an additional archival plastic cover). Kuboyama was a Japanese fisherman who lost his life after a… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2000. Fine without dust jacket as issued; soft covers with archival plastic protective cover. 95 pages. A brief history of lithography with illustrations dating back to the 1780s. Beautiful book.. Soft Cover. Illus. by Various lithographers.

Firenze: Erre, 1955. Good+ paperback book with stiff heavy stock covers (browned covers and slightly yellowed pages; one signature is separating but binding--sewn and glued--is still secure; a few closed tears along the folds of the enclosed map, as well as a couple of ink markings on the edge and reverse of map, not obscuring the map at all). A… Read more about this item

New York: American Photographic Book Publishing Co, 1972. Very good (edgewear, musty smell; clean interior) in good only dust jacket (heavy edgewear including missing chips and one hole in front panel). Even in this digital age, Jacobs' instructions on depth of field, composition, time exposures, etc., are helpful, especially for the photographer who wants to venture beyond the point and… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's, 1983. Very good (light foxing on page edges and on a few pages but the interior is bright and clean otherwise, with especially bright and vivid illustrations) in near fine dust jacket (a few faint foxing spots on the inside of the jacket). The author describes and discusses the historical background to the Gagarin illustrations. The… Read more about this item

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1972. Very good (some wear at spine top and bottom, cover edges, and corners so that a tiny bit of the white card stock shows through; a couple of pages at the end show some mild wrinkling) in fair dust jacket (2 short and one long closed tears, bookshop sticker on front flap, mild edgewear;… Read more about this item

Chicago: Alexander Commuications, 1991. Fine in very good+ dust jacket (clear heavy glassine with light top edgewear, protected by clear cover). Our two pictures show the book with and without the clear glassine cover. 115 pages. Awards for annual reports from organizations as diverse as University of Southern California to Maui Land & Pineapple Company. . Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

Inchelium Washington: Rain Bird Publishers, 1986. Very good (the top page edges of the last third of the book are wrinkled slightly but not so as to interfere with the art work). Soft cover. Merrifield is a craftsman whose jewelry takes its inspiration from Native American and Central American myth, Goddess myths, Egyptian myths, etc. Lavishly illustrated in color, including… Read more about this item

New York: Newsweek Book Division, 1972. Edition not stated. Very good (wrinkles at top of spine, slight separation of hinge at table of contents page but firm and secure) in very good dust jacket (some edgewear). Beautifully illustrated and printed. Sections include"The Kremlin in History" (136 pages) and "The Kremlin in Literature" (23 pages) and a reference section including a… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1994. Near fine (unread--and some uncut pages--marred only by small creases at top and bottom of spine) in very good- dust jacket (rubbed and soiled). Fascinating true story of the mystery and intrigue surrounding the sale of a mosaic from Cyprus.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Steuben Glass, 1976. Very good soft-cover 64 page catalog of Steuben glass for the Spring of 1976. Heavy paper covers are slightly sunned and worn, with "shadow" of a removed price sticker; interior fine. Almost entirely photographs of fine Steuben art objects. Small format: 6 1/2 x 5 3/4. Interesting to see how they were priced in… Read more about this item

New York: Thistle Press/Clarke & Way, 1961. Limited edition of 1500 copies. Inserted presentation card inscribed by Weiss and SIGNED "Walter." Near fine (infinitessimal foxing on top edges) in very good dust jacket (1/2 inch piece torn from front panel, minor edgewear at spine and flap folds). Includes 10-page introductory essay by Isidor Schneider, illustrated with photos of… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: The Art Galleries, University of California, 1970. Very good (water mark on front cover, a few spots on back cover) without dust jacket as published. Paperback catalog of an exhibition at the University of California at Santa Barbara, in 1970. 40 artists represented, 36 in black and white, 4 in color (including cover illustration). One… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1989. Very good+ (bumped lower corners, otherwise fine) in very good+ dust jacket (very minor edgewear at bottom of spine and lower corners). The author--a professor of architecture at McGill University--muses over the meaning of architecture and our use of space, working outward from the idea of a house he will build.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Viking, 1961. Very good (slight edgewear to covers, light browning of page edges) in very good dust jacket (protected by Brodart cover, light edgewear, especially at corners and spine, considerable rubbing on glossy black jacket). Subtitle: "A Story of American Painting, Poetry, and Prose." Art and literature are grouped around six major trends in American art. 129 illustrations… Read more about this item