Category: Art

What is the Proper Height for a Lady to Hold Her Skirts ?

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Dederick Brothers : 1908

Seller ID: 21582

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Good

Postcard; Standard postcard 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Three-color artwork, ankle showing. Caption: "What is the proper height for a lady to hold her skirts? Find the answer." (In elongated type is printed: "a little over two feet") ; Imprinted on front: Copyright 1906, Dederick Bros, 401. ; Undivided back. Postally used. 1c stamp affixed. Cancellations: 1) East Palestine, Ohio, November 3, 1906, 3pm. 2) New Bethelehem, Pennsylvania, Nov 5, 1906, 10am, Received. 3) Putneyville, Pennsylvania, Nov 5, 1906, very faded. ; Light edgewear, two faint creases to one corner. Message penned on front margin but f...
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Disney's the Little Mermaid : Exclusive Lithograph Portfolio, Includes 4 Lithographs Suitable for Framing

By: Disney

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Disney Corporation : 1990

Seller ID: 22931

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Near Fine

4 pages; Portfolio measures 14.5 x 11.5 inches; lithergraphs are about 14 x 11 inches. This item contains four full-color glossy lithographs (high-quality prints) of scenes from The Little Mermaid: 1) Ariel and her sisters. 2) Ursula with Flotsam and Jetsam. 3) Ariel with Prince Eric. 4) Ariel and Sebastian the Crab and many other friends singing "Under the Sea." ; No defects of any kind. Still in original shrinkwrap.
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Music and Eros : Erotic Art and the Sexual Power of Music

By: Dopp, Hans-Jurgen

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Parkstone Press : 2008

Seller ID: 22482

ISBN-13: 9781859956793

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

255 pages; Folio (13") 33 cm; Tall hardcover, 255 glossy pages, index, endnotes, 130 full-page erotic illustrations from antiquity including paintings, prints, pottery, sculpture, etchings and more, most in full color. Extremely explicit. ; Authored by psychiatrist and professor at Goethe University, world famous for his vast collection of erotic art, much of it with musical themes. Translated by Niels Clegg. ; Boards very slightly bowed. Otherwise book and jacket show no defects. From estate of a scholar. Scarce. ; Temporis Series
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Oh Joy

By: Douglass

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Douglass Post Card Company : 1908

Seller ID: 21591

Binding: Ephemera

Condition: Very Good

Postcard; Standard 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Real photo in b/w. ; Divided back. ; Very light edgewear. Reverse sunned but no marks or writing.
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Sun Father's Way : The Kiva Murals of Kuaua, a Pueblo Ruin, Coronado State Monument, New Mexico

By: Dutton, Bertha P.

Price: $275.00

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press : 1963

Seller ID: 22375

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

237 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Ex-Library; Tall hardcover, beige cloth, [x] + 237 glossy pages, main text in two columns, copious footnotes, index-glossary, bibliography, concordance, 111 b/w photos including 17 depicting entire murals and 60 showing details of murals. Chapter on petroglyphs (rock art) by Agnes C. Sims. ; Art discovered at excavations of ancient Native American dwellings near Bernalillo, New Mexico, 1934, in which over 600 rooms were excavated and hundreds of murals and petroglyphs were uncovered. ; All the usual library marks. Jacket in clear protective sleeve glued to endpap...
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Hold Me in Your Heart

By: E. P.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: E. P. Company : 1908

Seller ID: 21567

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Good

Postcard; Standard postcard 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Color tinted real photo. ; Logo and 1014/4 imprinted on reverse. No other marks. ; Edgewear, small spot near upper left. No marks or writing. Scarce.
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Chinesisches Bilderbuch : Chinese Picture Book

By: Egon Caesar Conte Corti; Illustrated by George Henry Mason

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Bibliographisches Institut AG : 1935

Seller ID: 24159

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

60 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; GERMAN text throughout. Small hardcover, pale gray boards, 60 pages numbered to 55, 19 full-page full-color illustrations with brief captions. ; (Originally published as "Costume of China" in London in 1800 with 60 plates. This edition, greatly abridged, 1935) ; Very light wear. Minor spotting. Spine a bit sunned but readable. No other defects. Scarce. (Amazonbuyers please note: Our book does not match their image; ours is plain gray with title on a blue band) (Our scan shows sample spread: tea worker, bookseller)
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M. C. Escher, 100 Years, 1898-1998 : Desk Calendar and Diary

By: Ernst, Bruno; Illustrated by M. C. Escher

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Benedikt Taschen Verlag : 1998

Seller ID: 23879

ISBN-13: 9783822880791

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

128 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Softcover, covers made of clear flexible acetate, double wire-spiral binding, 128 unnumbered pages, front matter plus one spread for each week of year, with blank days on one side and an Escher artwork on the other. Some color. Parallel text throughout in English, German, French. ; Day planner, desk calendar, diary in one, filled with amazing and sometimes eye-tricking art of the great Maurits Cornelis Escher. ; Former owner penciled notes on front matter and several calendar pages but all illustrations are beautiful and unmarked. No other defects.
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Lords of Creation : The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship

By: Fields, Virginia M, and Dorie Reents-Budet

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Scala Publishers : 2005

Seller ID: 22309

ISBN-13: 9781857593860

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

288 pages; 4to (11.75") 30 cm; Tall heavy hardcover, black cloth, 288 glossy pages, orange endpapers, index, appendix, 14 chapters by various experts, numerous b/w illustrations, 152 stunning artifacts (vases, masks, cloths, lidded vessels, etc) shown in great detail, most in full color, some with multiple photos, with detailed text and captions. ; Catalog of exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Photos by Peter Brenner, Steve Oliver and others. ; No defects to book. Jacket has small closed tear to upper rear panel.
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Bonne Annee : Au Gui de l'an Nouveau

By: Flanc de Coteau

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Flanc de Coteau : 1902

Seller ID: 21569

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Very Good

Postcard; Standard postcard 3.25 x 5.25 inches. Color tinted photo. Complete caption: Bonne Annee, Au gui de l'an nouveau, Faites un tendre accueil, Afin que l'esperance, en Fleurisse le seuil ! (Happy New Year, To the garland of the new, make a tender welcome, so that hope will ever flower over the threshold) ; La Favorite, 192/5 imprinted on front. Reverse imprinted with dividing line, two faint lines for an address, no other printing. ; Very minor wear to tips. No marks of any kind. Scarce. ; La Favorite Series
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Joyeuses Gagues : Merry Jokes

By: Flanc de Coteau

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Flanc de Coteau : 1901

Seller ID: 21573

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Very Good

Postcard; Standard postcard 3.25 x 5.25 inches. Photo tinted in pale blue and pink. Caption: Joyeuses Gagues (Merry Jokes) in embossed gilt lettering, hard to read. ; Reverse imprinted Fabrication Belge, with dividing line, place for stamp and lines for address. ; Very minor wear to tips. Message and address penned on reverse, in French, in very faded ink. French 15-centime stamp affixed, cancelled in Moselle, date appears to be 25 March 1901.
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The Girl Next Door

By: Flanc de Coteau

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Flanc de Coteau : 1908

Seller ID: 21588

Binding: Ephemera

Condition: Good

Postcard; Standard 3.5 x 5.5 inches, b/w photo of lovely lass. ; Divided back states Serie 5044/1. ; Light edgewear and faint thumb creases. No marks or writing but reverse has three small pieces of old clipping affixed.
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The Maid of Dundee is the Maid That Done Me

By: Foster

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Foster Company : 1910

Seller ID: 21677

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Very Good

Postcard; Antique postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 inches, sepia-toned photo of young lady wearing Scottish dress, tartan sash, feathered cap, sporran. ; Front imprinted: 'The Maid of Dundee is the Maid That Done Me.' Divided back. ; Two tips have faint creases not affecting image. Item is postally used, 1cstamp, cancellations from Taylorville, Illinois, and Lamont, Oklahoma, 1910, with message and address in pencil.
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Povungnituk 1964 : Eskimo Art, Sculpture, Engravings plus ephemera

By: Furneaux, J. D.

Price: $70.00

Publisher: La Societe Cooperative de Povungnituk : 1964

Seller ID: 24401

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

48 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Parallel FRENCH and ENGLISH text throughout, with some Inuit here and there. Tall dark green softcover, 48 glossy pages, 82 b/w photos of sculptures and reproductions of printworks. A wonderful old catalog of Inuit (Eskimo) art from the arctic village Puvirnituq (Povungnituk) in northern Quebec. ; Forewords by by Jacques Rousseau and J. D. Furneaux. ; Very little wear. Front cover has two small spots. Distributor name stamped on title page. ; Following the theme of Inuit art, with this item you will also get: 2) 1979 Cape Dorset Calendar, parallel English and Fren...
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Outdoor Sculpture One-Person Exhibit by Sasson Soffer : At the Indianapolis Museum of Art, September 1980 - September 1981

By: Gottfried, Rosalind; Illustrated by Sasson Soffer

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Museum of Art : 1981

Seller ID: 22917

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

32 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Large oblong softcover booklet, 32 glossy pages, bibliography, list of exhibitions, 20 wild outdoor sculptures (some made of stainless steel pipes) shown in 13 b/w and 10 color photos, with captions. ; Co-published by Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City. Text by Rosalind Gottfried. Edited by Stella Sands. Foreword by Robert A. Yassin. ; No marks, no defects.
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Alfred Stieglitz : Photographs and Writings

By: Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton; Illustrated by Alfred Stieglitz

Price: $29.00

Publisher: National Gallery of Art : 1999

Seller ID: 23965

ISBN-13: 9780821225639

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

248 pages; Folio (14.25") 36 cm; Very tall heavy hardcover, 11.25 x 14.25 inches, 30 x 36 cm, 248 glossy pages, introductory essay with endnotes, bibliography, chronology, list of exhibitions, commentary by Stieglitz and others, 73 amazing tritone (b/w) plates with captions. ; Copyright 1983. This is 2nd edition, 1999. Co-published by National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, and Bulfinch Press, an imprint of Little, Brown & Company, Boston MA. Some nudes, some featuring Georgia O'Keefe. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows a touch of shelfwear, small sticker scar to lower front
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La Creche Cassee : The Broken Pitcher

By: Greuze, Jean-Baptiste

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Lapina : 1906

Seller ID: 21584

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Very Good+

Postcard; Standard postcard 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Color reproduction of famous French painting. ; Divided back, imprinted: Printed in Paris, Lupina, 1153. Jean-Baptiste Greuze, La creche cassee, The broken pitcher, La jarra rota, Stluczony dzbanek, [and in Russian]. Musee du Louvre, Ecole Francaise, Cque 372. ; Only a touch of wear. No marks or writing. Scarce.
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Anthony Gross Etchings : London Grafica Arts

By: Gross, Anthony

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London Grafica Arts : 1969

Seller ID: 14430

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; White 8-page promotional booklet, 9 b/w illustrations reproduced from original etchings, brief bio and chronology of artist, list of prices and small order form. Glossy. ; Printed and published in Detroit, Michigan. ; Only a touch of edgewear. No serious defects. Binding of two staples intact.
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Great Icons : Powerful Timeless American Trademarks Revisited

By: Guarnaccia, Steven

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Strathmore Paper Company : 1980

Seller ID: 24419

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

26 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Red and orange softcover, thermographic (raised) ink on covers, 26 pages, each leaf a different color and texture, plus one fold-out; 31 classic old logos, trademarks and product-related characters, most in full color. ; Book designed by Steven Guarnaccia. Text by Philip B. Meggs and Steven Heller. ; Major trademark symbols (Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, Campbell's, Alka Seltzer, Aunt Jemima, A&P, Hershey, Hoover, Jolly Green Giant, Mobil Oil, Schwinn, Zenith and more) are highlighted in this eclectic collection of Americana showcasing colors, styles, fancy paper stock...
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Dinamikus Rajzvizsgalat : Dynamic Drawing Examination

By: Hardi Istvan

Price: $47.00

Publisher: Medicina Konyvkiado : 2002

Seller ID: 24167

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

333 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; HUNGARIAN text throughout. Hardcover, gray boards and endpapers, 333 glossy pages, index, bibliography, several charts and graphs, about 600 b/w drawings and sketches, 16 photos and artworks in color. ; We don't read Hungarian but this book appears to be a guide to analyzing artwork of psychiatric patients. ; Light wear, mainly to tips. Gift note (in Hungarian) penned on title page dated 2004. Otherwise book shows no sign of use. Quite scarce.
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Category: Art