Art from Brass DolphinBooks

London: Winsor& Newton, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Asserted as 1st ed based on NAP, apparently later printings were indicated (eg 10th Thousand) this has no such and no date though it certainly looks right for 1930. The Title page seems identical to those knowledegably offered on-line. Illustrations color and B&W in place. 28 paginated pages.… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Art Guild Academy, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Produced by the Art Guild Academy, founder and instructor Walter F. Moses Artistic Anatomy is seemingly the first 'book' AGA did. This small portfolio consists of 50 loose leaf plates, in folder, string tied. We've seen three other copies in the last year and… Read more about this item

Stanford: Stanford, 1973. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 3 by/re Diebenkorn The 1st 'Drawings' is magazine size B&W. Very little wear, 1/2 page insc. 1st endsheet. Cover says "Stanford Art Book 2'. 2nd, similar 'Ricard Diebenkorn; Drawings, 1944-1973' from the Sesnon Gallery UC Santa Cruz again B&W, bir of tipwear esp. bottom front.… Read more about this item

Not Stated, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Magazine size, cardstock covers, mild wear. Ed. of 200. Tucked inside the book was a program from a 1977 show at SOSC in Ashland. No ISBN that I can find. The sensibility is very 70s.

NY: HRW, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Gift inscription 1/2 title page. 287 page B&W photo/filmography/essays about the iconic actress. Handsome copy, purple cloth and purple gilt lettering. Colorful jacket has short edgetears, bit of edgewear in new mylar wrapper.

NY: Abradale, 1989. Suspect this to be reprint of Abrams origina . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Suspect this to be reprint of Abrams original. In any case, handsome, newish, large, book in clipped jacket. Mylar wrappered, clean, unmarked. Gift insc. 1st endsheet refs. SD exhibition '89 of the Fab. Eggs. Gorgeous photos, lovely objects, making me think of a… Read more about this item

NY: Random House, 1973. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. This listing is for 2 largish jacketed hardcovers sold as a pair with one-book priced domestic media mail shipping. Fast or international shipping will be much pricier than standard due to the books size. The AS book (RH redo of 60 original) is decent, no outstanding… Read more about this item

Lima: Cervecceria, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. An unusual and hard to describe item. Text is in Spanish (I do not believe an English language version was done) massive, heavily illustrated, 325 page volume. I have very little Spanish and am using guesswork, (in part) in making this description. Edition may not be correct, but… Read more about this item

Korea: Ho-Am Museum, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A magnificent book. Text printed on brilliant, heavy stock, gatefolds and tipped in plates are used on occasion. Book seems flawless to me. Jacket (extremely heavy paper) has bindery imperfection back panel (failure of mylar overlay to adhere?) and a good bit sun lightened at spine. The book… Read more about this item

NY: Whitney Museum, 1970. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket. A museum catalog of a show of Dines work (collagist/painter) from the 50s to the late 60s. No major flaws, some trace cover smudge, very mild, hard to see. Front cover (trade paperback) done as red heart overlay. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described… Read more about this item

Novosti, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. Recently we acquired many items from the estate of the late Senator Frank Church and his widow, Bethine. This listing is for 2 hardbacks with jackets, presented to the Church's by Russian admirers. The first book is signed, 1st endsheet, by Ambassador Dobrynin in 1978 and inviting the Senator to visit Russia. It… Read more about this item

Ny: Crescent, 1979. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. I surmise this is a Crescent reprint of a European original or reprinting of English language verison, text in English. Unpriced jacket, wear, tear back panel. Book is quite sharp, bright even boards and text. Jackets front panel reads well. Remainder dots top and bottom edges. *We… Read more about this item

Old Saybrook: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Largish book, 10x 11 1/2" overseas fast shipping will be costly, domestic book rate at the usual one-book price. Text handsome, boards straight and unbumped. No marking of any kind. Jacket quite sharp, no tears. It seems likely that 1978 was original date of publication and that was… Read more about this item

Boston: MFA, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in jacket, balance of title "The many collections of William I. Koch". Handsome tan cloth exterior with gilt stamping and colorful wine label endsheets. Text wholly unmarked, unthumbed, boards unbumped. Jacket seems near perfect, 1/2" tear at top front, will be in new mylar wrapper. We wrapper… Read more about this item

London: Phaidon, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. Fascinating book, that seems in excellent shape. Oddly it is stamped, first endsheet as "Phaidon non-mint" There is a hint of cover dent to jacket and front board, perhaps this was the problem, though I strongly suspect that it was not minted, ever. . .In any case the boards are straight… Read more about this item

Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. We assume this to be the first paper bound version of this item. Book is 9 1/2 x 11", 287 pages, quite thick. Domestic media mail shipping at our usual one-book price. Book's heavy cardstock covers have a good bit of edge and tip wear, no roll or creasing. Interior unmarked, crisp. Foto… Read more about this item

Taschen, 1996. 5th or later Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket. Oversized tradepaper (9 1/2 x 12") with wraps. No earlier or later printings in English are referenced, I assume this is first English appearance of this book. Newish with one notable flaw, the back cover (heavy paper) has a bump at it's center bottom, resulting in… Read more about this item

Provincetown: self, 1999. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. This listing is for 2 re Hofmann, sold as a pair at the listed price with one-book priced media mail shipping. Details above are for the Farnham, trade paper in a crisp fresh copy, with an odd abrasion, sticker removal scar? back panel. No marking. No isbn… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Splendid, jacketed hardcover, very lightly handled. There may be a trace of ultra mild cocking (as made, I suspect) unbumped, unmarked. Jacket is newish in mylar wrapper, handsome. Large format can ship domestic media mail at usual price, too large for standard flat rate priority/international shipping. *We… Read more about this item

Spain: Paul Elek, 1972. 1st Edition NAP . Hardcover. Fair+/No Jacket. This book has no additional printings (correct for McBride's first edition for this house), 288 pages, orange cloth. But, should be thought of, in spite the above, as non-collectable given it's condition. The bad, is that it has a bit of cocking (spine slant and fairly… Read more about this item