Search Results: Art and Design from Walkabout Books

Hardcover. Very good. Sixteen uncolored etched plates by Cruikshank extracted from five different works issued between 1826 and 1832 and bound together. 10.5" x 14" (oblong), in a late-19th or early 20th century binding of tan cloth with leather spine and corners, marbled endpapers. Front joint cracked (hinge secure), corners scuffed, one plate with a non-archival tape repair at margin, occasional very minor foxing; very good. A few plates with original tissue guards, the rest with later replacements inserted. Includes the wonderful illustrated title page from Illustrations of Time (but no plates from that book); one plate from Phrenological Propensities, three each from Scraps and Sketches Parts I and II, and four each from Scraps and Sketches Parts III and IV. Other than the Illustrations of Time title page and one plate from Scraps and Sketches II ("London going out of Town - or - The March of Bricks and Mortar"), all plates include multiple illustrations, for a total of 88 (not counting a few… Read More

Austin: Wind River Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. very good-. Number 46 of 50 deluxe copies signed by David Holman and bound in hand-woven cotton cloth. Folio, 130 pp + 7 unnumbered leaves to which are affixed 13 actual cloth samples. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, stain at bottom edge of front pastedown and free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. Fraying to cloth at corners, pale stain from liquid splash visible on rear board, spine leather rubbed through at head, scuffed, and with some uneven discoloration (darkening). About very good. Important work on the evolution of clothing in nineteenth century Texas. As described in the foreword by Stanley Marcus, "this study is significant not only as a survey of what men and women wore during the frontier days of Texas, but as an explanation of how and why certain articles of apparel originated. It demonstrates the strong human desire for ornamentation and decoration that has existed from the beginning of civilization.

Vienna, Austria: Anton Schroll & Co, 1942. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. 54 pp + illustrations, with color fronispiece tipped in, notes on images, bibliography. Very light wear to boards including one small (1/2" x 1/4") spot of abrasion to back cover; contents clean and sound. Some shelf wear to dust jacket. Text in German. A short study of Caravaggio and notes on images followed by 78 b/w plates.

London: Sotheby & Co, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Catalogue of a Sotheby's sale held November 26, 1970 at the Royal Watercolour Society. 7 x 9.5 inches, approximately 56 pp, with 24 illustrations, prices realized list tipped in. Light shelf wear including some light toning to edges, library sticker on cover; else clean and sound.

Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. German-language edition. Number 253 of 500 copies. Quarto, 164 pp + 48 full-page collotype plates (lichtdrucktafeln). Three-quarter Japanese vellum and marbled boards. Some uneven toning and light edgewear to boards. Contents clean and sound. Oversized; shipping cost will be more than standard for priority or international orders.

Davis, CA: Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8.5 x 11 inches, 48 pp, with illustrations (9 in color). Shows some shelf wear. "Strong is so dedicated to abstract expressionism that, from the time he started painting in the fifties to the present, he never faltered in becoming one of the best contemporary abstract expressionist painters... The early paintings of dark, swirling, heavily applied paint are considered some of the best paintings of Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Movement" (foreword).

Venice, CA: L.A. Louver, 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8.5 x 8.5 inches, 32 pp, with 20 color illustrations. Light shelf wear including some light rubbing; contents clean. Twenty color illustrations of Garabedian paintings. Also includes catalog and artist timeline including information about the artist and previous exhibitions.

New York: Japan Society, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies printed for the Japan Society by the De Vinne Press. 4to, x, 129 pp, with 66 illustrations from photographs, including 2 color plates. Original cloth-backed boards, rubbed through at corners and fore edge. Sticker shadow on upper board. Binding tight, hinges secure, contents clean and bright.

Vienna: Joseph Noble de Kurzbek, 1788. Hardcover. Good. Folio, 37 cm (ca. 14.5 inches), pp. [14], 77 + 40 plates drawn by Kiblerand engraved by Kohl, Mark, Schülz, Ponheimer, Mansfeld, Adam, and Durmer. Contemporary leather boards, rebacked (probably in the nineteenth century). Spine panel now partially separated from rear board and missing a large chip at the head. Edges of boards heavily worn. Small brown stain at gutter of text pages only. Binding cracked between plates XII and XII. Plates with light scattered foxing but still attractive. A decent reference copy of a scarce work. Provenance: Bookplate of George Meare Tracy on the front free endpaper, bookplate of James Franck Bright and signature of Richard Bright on a front blank. James Bright (1832-1920) was a British historian and Master of University College, Oxford. Fellow and Dean of. Richard Bright (1789-1858), his father, was a noted physician who was appointed Physician Extraordinary to the Queen upon the accession of Queen Victoria.… Read More

Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 1986. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 10 x 10 inches, 112 pp, with approximately 40 illustrations (majority in color). Light shelf wear, museum library stamp on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. Text in Mandarin and English. "Art movements are an effort to obtain freedom from the bondage of tradition and to broaden the frame work of the mind. Since the traditional way of expression and media can hardly meet the requirement of an artist's self-realization, abstract expressionism, minimalism, neo-surrealism, three-dimensional arts and so forth ... [this exhibition] reflects this trend" (Preface). Includes work by Yung-Chun Chang, Tien-Chang Wu, Hung-Te Huang, Jun Lai, Akibo, Li, Hrong-Wen Lin, Wen-An Lin, Chang-Bor Ju, and others.

Sevilla: Fundaciòn Cristóbal Colón, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8.5 x 11.5 inches, 239 pp, with color illustrations. Light handling wear; contents clean and sound. Text is in Spanish and English. "Encurentro 92" is the title of six mural units composing one work of art. This catalogue includes over 70 color illustrations of details from the mural. "The work of art endeavours not only to rescue the roots of Humanity but to treasure scientific discoveries which show man the way towards a more just technological and social advance" (p. 13). Due to size, shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders.

Leipzig: Meissner und Buch, 1918. Very good. 35.5 cm (14 inches); 76 pp + 12 lithographed plates. Copy 125 of a total edition of 250, of which the first 100 contained signed lithographs (this does not). Flexible cardboard binding sewm with parchment strips. Edges rubbed, bump to upper innner corner, art nouveau-style bookplate on front free endpaper, internals very clean.

New York: Blum Helman, 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 9 x 9 inches, approximately 30 pp, with 7 color illustrations. Light wear to wrappers. minor soiling to front blank endpaper, else clean and sound. "Having influenced attitudes about contemporary landscape, these paintings proceed to establish, beyond all fallen speech, a way to render a methodology of painting beyond landscape, of claustrophobic marks and erasures, of excluded air, and obsessive gesture in pursuit of its own body" (essay).

London: Art Trade Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Unpaginated, approximately 70 pp, with b/w illustrations. No dust jacket. Light handling wear to boards; contents clean and sound. A series of 44 illustrations: 40 by Degas, 4 by Ingres, with accompanying text.

München: R. Piper & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Very good. First edition illustated by Kubin, number 68 of 800 copies issued, in a lovely gilt-decorated cloth binding by Paul Renner. All edges gilt. Only the stub of the original ribbon bookmark remains, some rubbing to corners and spine ends, but overall a very attractive copy. 29 cm, 243 pp, with sixty b/w illustrations by Kubin, an Austrian printmaker and illustrator who was an important figure of both the Symbolist and Expressionist movements. The text is a German translation of Dostoyevsky's "Dvoinik," often rendered as "The Double" in English-language editions.

Munchen: O.C. Recht, 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8 pp + 21 (illustrations). A fine copy in original plain paper dust jacket and slipcase. Slipcase has light wear. Number 304 of an edition of 440 copies. Text in German. A short introduction is followed by plates reproducing landscapes and figural drawings and watercolors by a number of artists, including Josef Anton Koch, J. Schnorr V. Carolsfeld, Joh. Martin von Rohden, Friedrich Presller, Joh. Adam Klein, and others. Some are sepia toned, some color, some black and white.

Krefeld: Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 9.5 x 8.5 inches, 84 pp, with color illustrations, exhibition information sheet laid in. Light handling wear; else clean and sound. Includes work by Ackermann, Cavael, Förg, Fritsch, Kirchner, Klee, Nolde, Pechstein, Stöhrer, Uecker, and others. Text is in German. .

Muenchen: Kurt Wolff, 1924. Hardcover. Very good. 1.-3. Tausend. Two volumes in one. 180 pp text with 137 b/w plates. In a variant binding of dark red buckram. Minor scuffing to boards; internals unmarked. Tissue guard for one plate loose, otherwise clean and sound. No dust jacket. An important work on medieval German sculpture. Oversized: shipping will be more than standard for priority or international orders.

New York: Ruth Siegel, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8.5 x 11 inches, 30 pp, with 11 color illustrations (1 folding). Light handling wear including one 1/2 tear towards head of spine, else clean and sound. From the essay: "They form a row, the rectangles of evenly marked and divided pigments, the multiple variants, the paintings searching out a painting. What will it look like? Doug Ohlson says that he follows no rule in his art. His continual dispensation of colors across the flat surface of his canvases is adjusted by intuition, by the needs of the eye in concert with the shifting force of emotion."

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1858. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. Quarto (11" x 8") containing both Volume I and Volume II, complete with 94 color plates and many additional illustrations and ornaments in the text. Bound by Potter and Sons in three quarter leather and marbled boards, with gilt spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Bookplate of I.E. Lister-Empson on the front pastedown, light rubbing to boards and spine, mild to moderate foxing to text pages, but plates clean and bright. Shaw was a prolific architectural draftsman and illuminator who sought to preserve the past and provide models for artists and designers through the meticulour reproduction of a wide range of medieval and Renaissance ornamentation. Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, which shows medieval costume, furnishings, stained glass, vestments, jewelry, and other decorative objects, is described by McClean (Victorian Book Design) as the most ambitious of Shaw's books, with "a considerable claim to… Read More