Search Results: Art from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

New York: WM. H. Wise & Co, 1926. A near-fine copy with slightest toning to spine. 8vo. 555 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "The story of Elbert Hubbard, the founder of Roycroft, one of the most successful artistic enterprises of the Arts and Crafts era" (the publisher).

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. Hardcover. The covers a bit dull, and with some light wear at ends of spine and corners. 9 x 6.75 inches. 208 pages. Decorated cloth. Owner's name on front free endpaper.

New York: Gagosian, 2011. A fine copy. 8vo. 398 pages. Original white flexible pebbled cloth simulating leather; printed slipcase. FIRST EDITION, the deluxe issue in the special binding.

np, 1918. Hardcover. Lettering on title page is a little faded and has minor foxing to front and rear endpapers else a good to very good copy. The Higgins etching is in fine condition. 8vo. Boards. Wiith the original etching, "Transferring the Pup" by Eugene Higgins, signed and dated in 1917.

New York: Guggenheim Museum, 2018. As-new in original shrinkwrap. Folio. 328 pages. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "When Justin K. Thannhauser (1892-1976) brought his collection of modern art to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1965, it was his crowning achievement after more than a half-century as one of Europe's most influential and distinguished collectors and dealers. The collection's formal bequeathal to the Guggenheim in 1978 represents a watershed moment for the museum--today its Thannhauser Collection constitutes the core of the Guggenheim's impressionist, postimpressionist, and School of Paris holdings, including 32 works by Pablo Picasso. This volume presents the astonishing collection in full, offering a concentrated survey of works by such modern masters as Braque, Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Picasso, Pissarro and Van Gogh, among others. Throughout, artworks are given rich context and detail with historical installation views and high-tech conservation images. Short essays on… Read More

New York: Abbeville Press, 1984. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with some minor shelfwear, inner front flap slightly buckled. 12.25 x 9.5 inches. 280 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition. "Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Nov. 18, 1984-Feb. 24, 1985. Includes index.

Seattle: Frye Art Museum, 2016. A near-fine copy with a small stain on front cover and very minor shelfwear. Folio. 299 pages. Photographs and illustrations. Printed boards. FIRST EDITION. "This catalogue has been published on the occasion of the exhibition Genius / 21 Century / Seattle at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, USA, from September 26, 2015, to January 10, 2016" (the publisher).

Paris: Goupil and Manzi, Joyant, 1910. Limited edition, copy number 1 of 500 copies. Portfolio with one joint separated, otherwise a fine set. Folio. Fifty photographic reproductions of Goya's works. Text printed in red and black. Text and plates loose as issued in five printed paper portfolios; half cloth portfolio. Introduction by Paul Lafond.

Scranton: International Textbook Company, 1966. A very good copy with some light darkening around the pages, as well as some wear and two small tape adhesions on the front cover. Oblong 4to. 293 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "This book attempts to demonstrate an integrity of form and content which is essential to communicative closure. But realization of the potentials of communication the technological age will depend largely upon the creative coalition of the educator, the artist, and the scientist" (the publisher).

New York: Edition Schellmann, 1991. Softcover. A few minor spots of wear to the wrappers, otherwise fine. 9.5 x 8.25 inches. Wrappers.

Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1990. Softcover. Spine faded, some light discoloration to rear wrapper, otherwise fine. 10.25 x 8.25 inches. Contents loose as issued in paper wrapper. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition from April 5th - 28th 1990.

London: White Cube, 2014. A very good copy with some light soiling to wrappers. 8vo. 125, [3] pages. Color photographs. White printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. "Travel explores Steinbach's recent exhibition at White Cube Mason's Yard, London and is comprised of two new series of works that trace a trajectory in the artist's practice that stretches from the 1970s to today. In 1976, Steinbach produced a series of works based on grid-like geometric patterns created with strips of linoleum flooring. The Linopanel works evoke a pivotal moment in Steinbach's career, when he abandoned his investigation into minimalist painting and began to work with found objects. Jenny Jaskey's text explores Steinbach's interest in collecting and the methodologies of display forms" (the publisher).

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2015. Fine, unread copy, with a few small scuffs to rear cover. 8vo. 63 pages. Color photographs. Cloth with mounted photos. FIRST EDITION. "This is the second volume in a new series of collaborations between artist Maira Kalman, writer Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket), and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This time a whimsical collection of images captures people in motion--or not. In snapshots by some of the world's most celebrated photographers, some people stride forth, dash across streets, race on bicycles, and jump over puddles, while others form snaking lines, daydream on park benches, and linger on sidewalks with friends" (from publisher).

New York: Dorset Press, 1982. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near-fine lightly shelfworn jacket, short tear at bottom of front panel. 11.25 x 9.5 inches. 364 pages. Boards; dust jacket. "Ukiyo-e, the Japanese woodblock print tradition was one of the highpoints of classical Japanese civilization. Written by one of the foremost experts on Japanese prints, Images from the Floating World provides the definitive history of this wonderfully graceful and evocative artistic tradition. Ukiyo-e gives an incomparable record of Japanese life during the heyday of the geisha and the samurai.

Zurich: Diogenes, 2015. A fine copy with slightest surface wear to the acetate, generally a tight, unread copy. Folio. 421 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original linen; printed acetate wrapper. FIRST EDITION.

New York: D.A.P. Ringling Museum, 2001. A fine copy. 10 x 7.5 inches. 224 pages. 90 color and black-and-white illustrations. Printed wrappers. Essays by Lukas Beckmann, Benjamin Buchloch, Mel Chin, Pamela Kort, Kim Levin, Peter Nisbet, Gene Ray, Max Reithmann and Joan Rothfuss. A distinguished group of critics, art historians and artists gathered at the Ringling Museum to take part in an international symposium on the legacy of Joseph Beuys.

Berlin: Gestalten, 2012. A fine, unread copy. 4to. 224 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "Ironic, sophisticated, precise--the work of young Chilean Sebastian Errazuriz moves elegantly between art and design" (the publisher).

New York: The Elkon Gallery, 1990. Softcover. A fine copy. 11 x 8.5 inches. Wrappers. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition from October - December 1990.

New York, Paris, Geneva: Alexandre Iolas, 1965. Softcover. Wrappers toned at edges, internally clean. 8.5 x 6.75 inches. Text in French. [44] pages. 16 plates (one double-page). Original printed wrappers. One of 200 copies of the trade edition.

[Paris]: Arcanes, 1953. First edition, unnumbered out-of-series. Wrappers somewhat soiled, spine creased. 8vo. Introduction by Jean Ferry. 253pp. Photographic plates. Original wrappers reproducing a photograph by Man Ray. The plates include stills from Feuillade's 'Les Vampires', Murnau's 'Nosferatu', Marlene Dietrich in von Sternsberg's 'Shanghai Express', and Gary Cooper and Ann Harding in Hathaway's 'Peter Ibbetson.' The Greek author, filmaker, and critic was born Adonis A. Kyrou, but went by Ado Kyrou.