Melbourne [Australia]: Macmillan, 2008. dj. Hardcover first edition - "This book is a rare presentation of aspects of the history of Aboriginal art from an Aboriginal perspective, and provides fresh ways of understanding Aboriginal experience. While the author acknowledges the challenges of histories relating to assimilation processes associated with the former policy, her message is positive since it encourages a deepening empathy with Aboriginal art, cultures andf peoples." Includes chapters on the history of aboriginal art, its renaissance and on Albert Namatjira, Les Griggs, and Lin Onus. A gorgeous book, illustrated in full color throughout. Notes, list of illustrations, suggestions for further reading and more. Index. Large format. 392 pp. ISBN: 978-1921394003.

Salem, MA: Peabody Museum, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - Martin was in command of the H.M.S. Grampus - 50 guns at Hawaii and on station in Tahiti and the Society Islands, August 1846 to August 1847. Illustrated with 21 paintings in color and numerous black and white drawings by the author. Foreword by Nigel Davies. Notes, index. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-87577-0606.

New York: Saybrook / Norton, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by this noted psychotherapist which chronicles his search for the wellsprings of human creativity from 1930s Greece to 1980s New York Central Park. Illustrated with sixteen full color paintings by May and many more full page drawings in black and white. x, 243 pp. ISBN: 0-933071019.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Despite its small size, this is a substantive introduction to the unique heritage and wisdom of the Aborigines of Australia. A lovely small book illustrated throughout with full-color photographs. A title in the Little Wisdom Library series. Bibliography. 61 pp. ISBN: 0-8118-08343.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1970). Hardcover - Reprint of a work originally published in 1954. Horatio Greenough (1805-1852), the most eloquent spokesman of Emerson's esthetic faith, was by trade a portrait sculptor. Notes, bibliograhy, index. 153 pp.

New York: H. Z. Walck / David McKay, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - In addition to information on the origins of scrimshaw, this includes a brief history of whaling. Illustrated throughout with black and whitel photographs. Glossary, bibliography, index. Slightly oversized. x, 269 pp. ISBN: 0-809839245.

[Templeton, CA:] By the author, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A study of the life of the California vaqueros and buckaroos in the early 20th century by this artist and third-generation rancher. Includes sections on their lives, the tools used, horses, roping techniques and more, illustrated throughout with Morris's artwork - both full color, full page paintings and numerous black white drawings, as well as some color photographs and many black and white vintage photographs. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated 8/93. Glossary. Folio. 156 pp.

London: Grange Books, (1995) dj. Hardcover - Each selection is accompanied by a reproduction of a classic painting. A lovely book and attractively produced - printed on glossy pastel colored stock, oblong format. 48 pp. ISBN: -85627621X.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of woman writers and artists who found their voices and images in the desert of the Southwest - well known figures such as Willa Cather, Georgia O'Keefe Leslie Marmon Silko, Nancy Holt, photographer Laura Gilpin, but also less well known figures of varying ethnicity. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps. List of illustrations, notes, index. xii1, 291 pp. ISBN: 0-300-036884.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1997). A study of woman writers and artists who found their voices and images in the desert of the Southwest - well known figures such as Willa Cather, Georgia O'Keefe Leslie Marmon Silko, Nancy Holt, photographer Laura Gilpin, but also less well known figures of varying ethnicity. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps. List of illustrations, notes, index. xii1, 281 pp. ISBN: 0-816516499.

London: Faber & Faber, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of pieces from over 25 years, selected by this writer who received the Nobel award for literature in 2006. They range from "lyrical autobiography to essays on literature and culture, from humor to political analysis, from delicate evocations of his friendship with his daughter to provocative discussions of Eastern & Western art." Includes many selections on books and reading, and his interview from The Paris Review. Translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely. Index. 433 pp. ISBN: 978-0571236862.

San Francisco: The Wahlgreen Company, Official Publishers to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915. First edition - Catalogue of over 8300 works exhibited, with an index of all the artists and listings by country - including Japan, Argentina , China, Cuba, France (454), Italy (156), (244), The Netherlands, Norway, with international section - the largest section is that of the United States. Biographical index of exhibitors. Two floor plans. The title page appears after the first 29 preliminary pages. Advertisements. xxix, 256 pp (includes several blank pages for notes)

New York: New Directions, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of picture-poems, handwriting-poems and drawing poems. Issued in a very small hardcover printing of only 100 copies according to Morgan (A40, p 66).

New York: Dutton, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - While the prices only give a sense of comparative worth, the very extensive of selection of photographs makes this a still valuable reference work. Includes furniture and art, ceramics and glassware, metal and speciality items like duck decoys, toys, whaling items, etc. Large format. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-525054308.

New York: Simon & Schuster (2000). First edition - A book that "chronicles the vitality and influence of alternative culture in America and discovers that Bohemia is more than alive and well -i t is a powerful force in our shifting national identity." Chapters include discussions of art, politics, sexual mores, good drugs and bad drugs, to selling out and more. 287 pp.

Hong Kong: Published privately by P.P. Chiu, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "This catalogue describes bronzes dating from the Shang (c. 1700-c. 1050 BC), the Western Zhou (c. 1050-771 BC), the Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC), and the Han (206 BC-AD 220) periods. The majority of the bronzes are ritual vessels, but some weapons, ornamental fittings and mirrors are also included. . . Ancient China was the only society in which vessels of any size or degree of complexity were cast in bronze." INSCRIBED opposite the half title page "To ---- with admiration and esteem, from Bella and P.P. 19th June 1990. Map, 51 full color illustrations and many in black and white. Rubbings of inscriptions. Large format. 115 pp.

New York: Abbeville Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Remington was both a prolific letter writer and an inveterate doodler, so this generous selection of his letters, ranging from notes to his family to his correspondence with President Theodore Roosevelt, Owen Wister, Poultney Bigelow, Francis Parkman, Elizabeth Custer and others, is well illustrated with his little sketches, many which had not been previously published. Selected bibliography, index. . xv, 487 pp. ISBN: 0-89659-694X.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel by this writer best known for his science and science fiction writings. "After years of research, novelist, mathematician, . . . Rucker has taken what is known and imagined for us the life and world of a master who never got old. In sixteen chapters, each headed by a reproduction of one of the famous works, Rucker brings Bruegel's painter's progress and his colorful world to vibrant life." 320 pp. ISBN: 0-765304031.

Berkeley, CA: Shambala Publications, 1970. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of an Indian legend from Guatemala about a boy who is given a magic drink by a medicine man which sends him on an incredible trip deep inside himself. Illustrated with gorgeous full-color, full-page paintings by his wife and co-researcher into mescaline, Nan Cuz, who was born in Guatemala of Mayan and German descent. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias. Translated from the German by Dinah Livingstone. Large format. 40 pp. ISBN: 0-877730164.

Vancouver & Toronto / Seattle: Douglas & McIntyre / University of Washington Press, (2001.). First edition - Beautiful large format trade paperback illustrated throughout with 173 color photographs of artistically crafted Inuit sculptures, both traditional and modern. This is the first book to combine the traditional Arctic and Inuit stories and myths - origin stories, tales of great hunters, and more - with contemporary sculptures and statues. References, bibliography, index of artists and index. Printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-295-981415.

New York: Crown, 1993.
dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a self-taught African American artist who lived in Norwich, Connecticut from 1882 until his mysterious death in 1959, and also the story of the collector, Glenn Smith, who happened upon one of Ruley's paintings, and spent years tracking down his story, and some o f his other works, to produce this book. Illustrated with photographs related to Ruley's life and with beautiful full-color reproductions of his paintings. Large format. ISBN: 0-517-590700.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - Photographs, index, bibliography. ix, 134 pp. ISBN: 0-374-374678.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - Photographs, index, bibliography. ISBN: 0-374-374678.

London and Osaka, Japan: Yamanaka & Co, n.d.(1906). Hardcover first edition - A collection of the traditional tales whose themes and subjects are often depicted in Japanese art, including netsuke. Thirty-seven illustrations including a color frontispiece "The Ama and The Jewel" and 14 black and white plates all with tissue guards. (x), 96 pp. Bound in the original olive green cloth with gilt lettering and a blindstamped design on front cover.

Seattle: Wing Luke Asian Museum / University of Washington Press, 1994. First edition - A catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Wing Luke Asian Museum September 9, 1994 through January 15, 1995. Of the 40 works in the exhibition, 18 are included here in both full color and black and white. With a focus on examining the work of Asian Pacific American artists in the Pacific Northwest from 1900 to 1960, this includes essays on art in Seattle, Asian American painters of Washington state, early Asian American photographers, and the legacy of Asian American art. The second part of this publication is the directory of Asian American Artists in Washington and Oregon (1900-1975) compiled for the Archives of American Art. Square format. 88 pp. ISBN: -295974303.

New York: Penguin, 1999. Her highly acclaimed and prize-winning first novel. 342 pp plus a 15 page Penguin Reader's Guide with an interview with Vreeland. ISBN: 0-14-029628X.