Collecting Modern First Editions
NY: Mcmillan NY, 1977. The original edition, the first copy.
NY: Mcmillan NY, 1977. The original edition, the first copy.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Hardcover. pp 278, 82 colour, 185 B&W plates. Authoritative account of tapestry with chapters on gothic, classical and contemporary tapestry, and on the weavers' art. Beautiful colour plates.
London: Dent, 1962. Original Cloth. pp xiii, 170. Illus. Very good in vg d/w.
Cologne: Wienand Verlag, 1996. Wrappers. pp. 78. Full colour plates throughout.Exhibition catalogue from Ludwig Forum for International Art Aachen,1996. Bright yellow soft cover wrappers + flaps. Owner's stamp to fly leaf.
Hannover: Kestner Gessellschaft, 2002. Wrappers. pp.132. Full colour plates (incl. foldout) + illustrations throughout. German language. Soft cover wrappers + flaps. A very handsome large edition.
Adelaide: Renniks, 1968. Orig. Cloth. unpaginated. Cloth binding in good d/w - some slight edgewear to wrapper, now in protective plastic.
No Binding. Autographed photograph postcard (14 x 9 cm) signed "Charlie Kunz". Kunz (1896-1958) was an American popular pianist who travelled to England with his band in 1922 and remained there until his death. His most recognised tune was "Clap your hands, here comes Charlie" - he became the most.....
London: Chapman & Hall, 1876. Half Morroco. pp. 489. Chromolithographs and wood engravings in text. Contemporary half morocco. Coloured plates & Illustrations. Ex-library. A handsomely bound copy of this popular work.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1987. Soft cover. pp. 344. Illus, plates, index. A major presentation of Klee's work. Heavy volume may require additional postage for overseas delivery.
New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Original Cloth. pp xii, 117. Plates.
Crown Publishing Group, 1987. paperback. "The art world is a great mystery to a lot of people. How does one evaluate art as a gallery owner? What is the relationship between artists, gallery owners, and museums? What role do collectors hold in the art world? This book lets you in.....
No Binding. Sepia photograph, 20 x 25 cm, undated but likely 1930s. The photograph is a portrait head and shoulders of the famous duo in sailor hats.Stamped signatures in the bottom margin "Stan Laurel" and "Oliver Hardy". Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) became an established comedy team in.....
Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1954. Lawlor, Margaret. Limited Edition. Orig. Cloth. pp.xii,267. Coloured frontis., plates (incl. portraits and facsims), illustrations. Signed and numbered by author, no. 264 of limited ed. of 400. Spine sunned. Tape marks on endpapers Chiefly about book-collecting including auction sales, private libraries, bookplates, etc., with notes.....
Honolulu: Reed, 1982. Hardcover. Bound in 4 large volumes in cloth, showing huge detail illustrating the signatures and pieces of many hundreds of Netsuke. Signed inscription by the author dated 1983.
France: Lefranc. Soft cover. pp 378, front wrapper missing, spine repaired. An arts goods catalogue with extensive listings of paints, brushes, pigments, etc. Post 1953.
Toulon: H??tel des Arts, 2003. Wrapper. pp.. 128. Exhibition catalogue with b&w illustrations throughout. French language.Black soft cover wrappers (with white sticker & text) + flaps. Owner's stamp to early endpages. A very nice copy.
New Pymouth: Joseph Hooker, 1904. No Binding. 5 pp, music and words.Original coloured lithograph on front cover. Unusually printed in New Pymouth NZ. Song written and composed by Leon L. Smith, music arranged by Ed. A Golding. 5 pp, music and words. Original coloured lithograph on front cover page. Unusually.....
London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1911. Original Decorated Cloth. pp.xxvi, 363. Coloured frontispeice, plates (some coloured). Name in ink on fly leaf. Front hinge loosening and damage to spine. Prelim pages detached. Pictorial inlaid to decorated boards.
London: Sampson Low, 1919. Cloth. pp. xiv, 231. 16 plates including NZ interest. Ads on endpapers. Orig red cloth binding, rubbed on spine edge. Else very good.
London: Sampson Low, 1911. Limited Edition. Cloth. pp.xxxvi,608 +80 plates.Delux edition of 1000 copies, top edge gilt.
London: Sampson Low. Limited Edition. Cloth. pp.xxxvi, 608 + 80 plates. Undated. Limited edition of 1000 copies, this is no. 257. Red cloth binding with gilt spine titles. Top edge gilt. 0.
London: Bodley Head, 1962. Orignal Cloth. pp 287. 10 plates and 10 illustrations. AD ref 259.
London: Fanfolico Press, 1928. Soft cover. Vols 1 and 2, August and October 1928. Original wrappers, illustrated covers. Literary journal. Jack Lindsay a noted author and brother of Norman Lindsay, the famous Australian artist.
London: Truslove & Hanson, 1912. 3rd Edition. Orig. Cloth. pp.xvi, 510 Illus, index. New ed. revised ." containing nearly 200 hundred illustrations... coloured plates...marks and monograms..." Gilt title spine and cover. Front slightly stained. Bookplate to pastedown.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971. Orig. Cloth. pp. 270. Chiefly illus plates. Dust wrapper chipped, but binding and interior very good.