Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first work about Liguabue (1899-1965) to appear in English. The reclusive artist, an outsider in every way, spent most of his life in a hut beside the Po River in Italy. Illustrated in both color and black and white. 136 pp. ISBN: 0-88496-4248.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1995). First edition - Powerful and compassionate photographs which reveal the poverty in the Mississippi Delta region - and the strength and dignity of those who endure that poverty - in the cotton fields, in the cotton gins and in their homes. Foreword by Robert Moses and an afterword by Ken Light in which he describes the four and a half years he spent taking these photographs. Large square format. xvi, 125 pp. ISBN: -560984894.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the The Library of Great Painters series. From the dust jacket: "Carl Linfert, the distiguished German art critic and author, closely links the scanty known details of the artist's life to his expert and illuminating analyses of the paintings. He proposes a convincing chronology for all the most important works and explains many of Bosch's enigmatic images." 111 illustrations, including 48 hand-tipped plates in full color, made specifically for this edition. Many of the illustrations focus on the details of his work. Translated from the German by Robert Erich Wolf. List of plates, selected bibliography. Folio size volume bound in coarsely woven light blue cloth, 136 pp.

New York: The Viking Press with the Whitney Museum of American Art. (1974). Based on a major exhibition of these art objects which are too often overlooked, sponsored by Philip Morris Incorporated and organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs in black and white and in full color. Preface, biographical index of the artists. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-670321206.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Twin Palms Publishers, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - A powerful and striking book containing 73 tritone photographs and text by Lyon, and an introduction by Larry McMurtry who states "Danny Lyon has found his way to the great places on the plains and in the desert--the places where the glory lived: Heart Butte, Little Bighorn, Rosebud, White River, Gila River, San Carlos, Standing Rock, Lame Deer, Pine Ridge. He has photographed Sioux and Cheyenne, Apache, Tphono O'odham. In fidelity to, and in the context of their ancient places, his subjects preserve a hard-worn dignity. Clear your eyes and look." One of 2500 copies. Large square format, printed on heavy glossy text. 108 pp plus a final photograph, acknowledgements and colophon. ISBN: 0-944092926.

New York: Grove Press, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - An interesting collaboration between a noted playwright and artist, originally published in a very limited and expensive edition in 1985. While ostensibly a book for children, the spare text of Mamet's prose poem effectively offsets the evocative lithographs of Sultan; the theme of this poem is the love of your family, the love that protects you from the cold. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8021-10843.

New York: Harmony, (2000). SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Giving adults the freedom to 'play with art,' this unusual coloring book explores creative self-expression as a pathway to meditation and prayer. . . [It] shows us how to get back in touch with our playfulness and prayerfulness by using crayons, paints, beads, or any objects we find appealing." Illustrated with line drawings by the author. SIGNED on the title page. Large format. 130 pp. ISBN: 0-609606212.

Munich: Prestel, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Reproduces the entire set of water color postcards sent by the great Expressionist painter Franz Marc to 'Prince Jussuf', the persona adopted by the Expressionist poet Else Lasker-Schuler, between 1912 and 1914. Translated from the German by David Britt. Illustrated in full color and black and white. Bibliography. 103 pp. ISBN: 3791308831.

New York: Dutton, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Absolutely beautiful large format book about East Africa with text by Matthiessen, and over 100 full-color photos by Eliot. Since the book club edition also states "first printing" this book appears much more common than it is. This is a true first edition in chocolate brown covers with a priced dj. ISBN: 0-525-22650.

New York: Dutton, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Beautiful large format book about East Africa with text by Matthiessen, and over 100 full-color photos by Eliot. Since the book club edition also states "first printing" this book appears much more common than it is. This is a true first edition in chocolate brown covers with a priced dust jacket. ISBN: 0-525-22650.

New York: Avon, 1974. Absolutely beautiful large format book about East Africa with text by Matthiessen, and over 100 full-color photos by Eliot. ISBN: 0-380-000504.

New York: Dutton, (1972.) dj. Hardcover - Absolutely beautiful large format book about East Africa with text by Matthiessen, and over 100 full-color photos by Eliot. ISBN: 0-525-22650.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.

Chadds Ford, PA: The Brandywine River Museum / New York Graphic Society, (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An very attractive work, the first produced by this museum. "America's foremost illustrators, Howard Pyle and his student N. C. Wyeth, established their studios near the Brandywine River at Chadds Ford, Pa. Their heritage continued in an unbroken line to Wyeth's son Andrew and his grandson James." Illustrated with color and duotone plates of paintings and drawings from these four American artists - including some not previously published. Foreword by Richard McLanathan. Includes 18 color plates, 80 black and white illustrations and a list of works. Large format. 121 pp. ISBN: 0-912416-02-5.

Boston: Godine, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - An informative and serious look at the problem. Photographs, bibliography, index. 278 pages. ISBN: 0-87923-3788.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of an American professor in the 1960's and 70's who bought the work of underground artists in the Soviet Union and arranged to have it illegally shipped to him. Illustrated with color plates of the paintings. ISBN: 0-374-246823.

Fort Wayne, IN: The Lincoln National Life Foundation, 1932. Hardcover first edition - Color frontispiece, plus a section of black and white photographs of all of the statues discussed. illustrations. in conjunction with the unveiling of this statue in Fort Wayne, Indiana by the noted American sculptor, Paul Manship (1885-1966), this also describes other statues of Lincoln - in Illinois, as the Emancipator, at the inaugurations, as president, standing and seated, etc. Limited to 300 numbered signed copies, but this copy is neither numbered nor signed. Includes lists of the sculptors of the various statues and their locations. 93 pp.

Sonoma: Creative Eye Press, (1976). First edition - Striking black and white photographs of the notorious former prison by John D. Mercer - including many focusing on details of the decay it had undergone. Introduction by Patricia Mercer. Square format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-916480011.

New York: Random House, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - An "authoritative account of the Great Age of Japanese prints (about 1660 to 1860), and the artists who created them. The age in which these men flourished was robust, colorful and art-fostering even though it happened entirely within the period of the powerful Tokugawa dictatorship." Includes 65 illustrations with 40 of them are in full color. Includes information on the Japanese print market today, including an estimate of prices. Brief biographies of the ukiyo-e artists whose works are included in this book. Bibliography, index and glossary. xii, 403 pp.

Torino: Stamperia Artistica Nazionale. (1992) dj. First edition - Small volume with works by Moroni on the right hand side, and comments on the left in many languages - English, French, cyrillic letters, musical notations, math equations... notes in Italian. #636 out of an edition of 1000 numbered copies. Unpaginated.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1989. Hardcover first edition - Based on a major retrospective exhibition, this is the first book to survey the whole range of Rifkin's career to date. Rifkin has provided a full biographical and critical commentary. Includes an interview with the artist by Linda Shearer. 95 illustrations, 67 in color. A beautiful book - large format.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Covers 150 years of African American history. Myer's spare and evocative text is accompanied by many images never seen outside private family albums. In addition to the pictures of former slaves, a lynching, this also shows the wealthy and middle class of the late nineteenth century including Civil War and World War I soldiers, cowboys, sheriffs, settlers of the old west, miners and lumber mill workers, writers, women and more. A beautiful large format book. 166 pages. ISBN: 0-15-100191X.

New York: Mayflower Books, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes chapters on images of the Floating World, rivals of Utamaro; the Utagawa school and much more. The text is by Roni Neuer and Herbert Libertson with an introduction and biographical passages by Susugu Yoshida. Illustrated with 377 full color plate, most full-page, as well as some black and white reproductions. Glossary, index of names and works, bibliography.Folio size in original black boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 390 pp. ISBN: 0-831790415.

Washington DC - Boston: National Gallery of Art in Association with New York Graphic Society Books and Little Brown, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Designed as a companion volume to an exhibit of O'Keeffe's work on the centennial of her birth, this is a magnificent volume with newly photographed color plates of all the exhibited works. In addition, this includes 120 letters - most of them never before published - selected and annotated by Sara Greenough, and a chronology of O'Keeffe's works. Bibliography, index. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-8212-16864.

Rochester, NY: George Eastman House in collaboration with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, (1966). First edition - Includes a biographical introductory essay by the authors, followed by a brief appreciation penned by Ansel Adams. Illustrated with 40 photographs from the Civil War through the photographers expeditions to the American southwest in the 1870's. Square format. [x], 40 pp plus chronology.