New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002. First edition - A book in which the author also wrestles with good and evil. "Delacroix, a narrative artist of the mid 19th century, portrayed one of the most enigmatic episodes in Genesis. It was said to be his 'spiritual testimony,' and it took him eight years to complete. In the manner of an intuitive detective, Kauffmann investigates the painting and the church that houses it. Stroke by meticulous stroke, he uncovers the paintings deeper meaning the struggle with God for the artist and for himself, as he attempts to put his own troubled past into perspective." (A foreign correspondent, he was imprisoned in Beirut from 1985 to 1988) Translated from the French by Patricia Clancy. Bibliography. 198 pp.

Palm Desert, California: Desert-Southwest, (1964). Hardcover first edition - The first book for adults by Caldecott award winning author and illustrator - a fond look at Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles, where he lived for over 30 years, a book lamenting the loss of so much of this historic district. Illustrated with full page watercolors of the streets of the hill and the Victorian mansions and vintage photographs, and full of stories of some former - and current - inhabitants. Large format. Unpaginated. Illustrated endpapers.

Lincoln and London University of Nebraska Press (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Interviews with Scott N. Momaday, this award winning 20th century Native American author and artist, which took place in 1986 and 1987 settings important to Momaday , from the Black Hills to the Big Horn Mountains, a "reversal of the ancient migration route of his Kiowa ancestors." Contains six conservations, each illustrated with with a painting or drawing by Momaday. SIGNED by Momaday on the title page and uncommon thus. Notes, index, xiv, 229 pp plus a final photograph. ISBN: 0-8032-47494.

Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (1990). First edition - El Museo Regional de Guadalajara custodia una importante coleccion de ceramica procedente de Tonala. In Spanish/en espanol. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Bibliografia. 146 pp. ISBN: 9-686068953.

Boston: Little Brown, (2010). First edition - A psychological thriller about an obsessed artist, set in both the modern world and in late 19th France - "A haunting novel of art and obsession. A mystery spanning continents and centuries. A love story that crosses the ultimate border." 565 pp.

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.

Boston: Little Brown, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a psychological thriller about an obsessed artist, set in both the modern world and in late 19th France - "A haunting novel of art and obsession. A mystery spanning continents and centuries. A love story that crosses the ultimate border." SIGNED on the title page. 564 pp. ISBN: 978-0316065788.

New York: McBride, Nast and Company, 1913. Hardcover first edition - Although George du Maurier is perhaps best remembered today as the author of "Trilby", the novel which introduced Svengali to the world, this book focuses more on his work as an artist and cartoonist - for Punch and Cornhill and other periodicals. Includes 41 illustrations, including a frontispiece self-portrait, with titled tissue guards for the full page plates. A handsomely produced volume, somewhat oversized. 198 pp.

Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, (2018). First edition - Comprised of two lines of poetic text flowing along a 114-foot-long map of the Columbia River, this powerful image-poem stems from the interdisciplinary artistic research project "River Relations: A Beholders Share of the Columbia River,"" undertaken as a response to the damming and development of the Columbia River in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Illustrated with drawings of the river and photographs. Oblong format. Sources. 151 pp plus a map of the Tribes and First Nations of the Columbia River Basin. ISBN: 978-1772012118.

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.

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.

Rohnert Park, California: University Art Gallery (Sonoma State), (1990). First edition - Exhibition catalog. Includes essays by Victor Alejandro Sorell and Amalia Masa-Bains,and works by twelve artists - from Juana Alicia to Judy Baca, Eva Garcia, Jose Montoya and others - with an example of their work in full color. Includes detailed checklist of the art works and artists. Square format. 44 pp.

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.

Pasadena CA: Trail's End Publishing, (1948). Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive look at the works Russell illustrated, appearances in periodicals and exhibition galleries and more. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Limited edition of 500 copies. 218 pp plus colophon and publisher's ad,

Dublin: National Library of Ireland, (1986). First edition - The first in a planned series of color booklets, this includes 30 pages of photographs, in both black and white and full color, drawings, and reproductions, accompanied by the text which describes history of representations of the Irish, from ancient stone carving through anti-Irish caricatures and modern paintings and photographs. Bibliography. 64 pp. ISBN: 0-907328121.

New York: Harper Collins, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth book in this series (but the first to be published under this name) featuring amateur sleuth Simona Griffo, who is joining her lover and his 14 year old son on a trip to Connecticut for the holidays and for a wedding. SIGNED on the title page. Recipe. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-060177268.

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.

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.

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Musuem, (2001). First edition - A game inspired by the Samuel Beddome original included in the exhibition "Devices of Wonder" at the Getty Museum from November 13, 2001 to February, 2002. This includes 12 paper overlays and 4 blank ones to create your own costumed portrait in a folder with a generic portrait on the front cover.

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 York: Harper Collins, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifth book in this series featuring amateur amateur sleuth Simona Griffo. Returning to her native Rome when her mother has breast cancer, she is immediately a witness to the murder of a young American art student. SIGNED on the title page. Recipe. Author's note. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-06017725X.