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1. Agee, William C. FAIRFIELD PORTER. from the Permanent Collection of The Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, New York.. No date. Fine. Folded pamphlet. 8 panels. One illustration in color. Smooth, heavy paper. (Size: 9 x 6 inches) Short essay on Fairfield Porter by Professor of Art History at Hunter College. Followed by Fairfield Porter Chronology and by Checklist of the Exhibition (28 items) Library of Sara Blackburn.
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2. Arnold,. E. (Text translator). INDIAN MINIATURES. The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita. Paris. Editions Du Sud. (1968). Color reproductions of ancient Indian miniatures copied from Bibliotheque Nationale tipped in. Hardback. 4to. Very good. In English. 48pp. Printed in Switzerland. (Size. 12? x 9? inches) Light wrinkles in foredge sections of free endpapers. A few small bubbles in rear pastedown. Light dust marks on rear cover. Decorated front cover. Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in. 'Astra-Club'
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3. Artzybasheff, Boris. POOR SHAYDULLAH. NY. Macmillan. 1931. illustrated by author. Cloth. Tattered dj. Very good. (Size: 8?' high x 7?' wide) Published Nov. 1931. paper clip mark on upper edges of flyleaf and half-title pages. Very light bump to head of spine. Fading along margins of cover. Heavy and smooth paper. Moroccan beggar 'on a journey in quest of Allah.' Unpaginated. Artzybasheff (1899-1965) Ameerican artist, born in Russia, migrated tio USA in 1919. Book illustrator. Advertising illustrator. Perhaps most famous for 200+ Time Magazine covers drawn over 30 years from the mid-1930s on. Varied styles and topics but always a crisp line.
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4. Auvil, Kenneth W. SERIGRAPHY. Silk Screen Techniques for the Artist.. Prentice-Hall. (1965). Illustrations. Trade paperback. Large 12mo. Very good. 4th printing. (Approx. 8+' x 6'). viii & 165pp.
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5. Bard, Joellen (Curator). TENTH STREET DAYS. The Co-ops of the 50's (The Galleries: Tanager, Hansa, James, Camino, March, Brata, Phoenix, Area). Wooster St. NYC. Education, Art and Service Inc. (1977). Illustrations in black and white. Wraps. Very good. Exhibition at Amos Eno Gallery, 14 Sculptors Gallery, Noho Gallery, Pleiades Gallery, Ward-Nasse Gallery. Dec. 20, 1976 to Jan 7, 1977. Traveling exhibition circulated by The Gallery Association of New York State. An artist-initiated exhibition of works from 1952 -- 1962. Decorated covers. (Size. Near 8? x 11 inches) Center stapled. vii & 72pp. Introduction by Dore Ashton. Map. Library of Sara Blackburn. Very small nick in bottom edge of front cover. One page description of the exhibit containing three illustrations laid-in.
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6. Barthelme, Frederick. (text) Susan Lipper (photographs). TRIP. NY. powerHouse Books. (1999). 1st printing. Photographs by Susan Lipper. Cloth. Slighlty torn dj. Very good. Afterword by Matthew Drutt. Light bump to foot of spine. Slick, heavy paper. Photo essay by Lipper, commentary by Barthelme. Size: Approx. 10' high x 11+' wide. Printed in Italy. The text and pictures can stand alone but they sit together well, one explaining the other. A she is on a trip. We join her outside of Lake Charles. The pictures are objects in her environment. The narrative is experience. It accumulates in a cubist way, each set--photo and narrative on facing pages--a different facet. Deep in the process in a place called Quantum, Alabama represented by a trailer home in the middle distance with a truncated picket fence in the foreground she is asked by a highway patrolman what was happening. That may be the point: we seem to know but do we?
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7. Benjamins, John and Philippe Luiggi. (Four Catalogues offered as a set).. Illustrations. 4to. Very good to fine. Catalogues issued jointly by John Benjamins Antiquariat (Amsterdam/Philadelphia) and Philippe Luiggi, Librairie D. Weill (Paris). Smooth heavy paper.(1) Joint Catalogue No 11 'The Sixties. Art, Literature and the Underground' (No date) 204 items listed.(light corner crease on front cover.// (2) Joint Catalogue No 12. 'Modern Art & Literature: Books, Periodicals, Documents, Photographs.' No date. 148 items listed. // (3) Joint Catalogue No. 13. 'A Century of Avant-Garde From 'Art Litteraire' to 'Video-Art'' 162 items plus index. One leaf torn out but now laid-in place. // (4) Occasional List No. 1 (Spring 1998) 36 items listed. Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in. Center stapled.
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8. Benkovitz, Miriam J. AUBREY BEARDSLEY, An Account of His Life.. Putnam's. (1981). Illustrations: Line drawings and photos. Cloth. 8vo. Slighlty torn dj. Near fine. 226pp. Beardsley (1872-1898) Talented and famous British artist and illustrator. '.a fresh analysis of a unique character with reproductions of his work and (world) portraits of his associates.'
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9. Berger, John. ART AND REVOLUTION, Ernst Neizvestny and the Role of the Artist in the U.S.S.R.. Pantheon. (1969). 1st Amer. ed. 71 illustrations & 24 plates. Cloth. Large 12mo. Very good. No dj. 191pp.
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10. Berger, John. THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF PICASSO.. Pantheon. (1980). Reprint. with 120 illustrations. Hardback. Large 12mo. Nicked dj. Very good. Reprint of the 1965 Penguin edition. 210pp. Recommended by John Canaday
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11. Biddle, George. TAHITIAN JOURNAL.. University. of Minnesota Press. (1968). Photo illustrations. Cloth. 4to. Chipped dj. Fine. 207pp. Several b/w reproductions of author's paintings and drawings. (Size: 10?' high x 8' wide). George Biddle (1885--1973)American artist, demobillized after front line service in World War I, lived on Tahiti 1920 to 1922, kept a journal.
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12. Booth-Clibborn, Edward (Editor). EUROPEAN ILLUSTRATION, THE TENTH ANNUAL. NY. Abrams. (1984). Nearly 200 illustrations in color. Cloth. 4to. Dust jacket. Fine. 183+pp. European illustrations in several contexts: editorial, book, poster, advertising, unpublished work, film animation and design art. (Size: 12?' high x 9?' wide)
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13. Bottrall, Ronald. ART CENTERS OF THE WORLD. ROME. Cleveland. World Publishing. (1968). 1st edition. Illustrations. Some Color Plates. Cloth. Small 8vo. Very good dj. Near fine. 191pp. (Size. 8' x 5?'). Map endpapers.
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14. Brown, Jean Morrison (Editor). THE VISION OF MODERN DANCE.. Princeton Book Co. (3rd printing, 1979). Illustrations. Trade paperback. Small 8vo. Very good. Small label shadow on cover. x+ & 196pp including bibliography and index. Small and old price label from Forty-niner Shops on recto of rear cover. Paper clip mark on margins of three pages. The revolution of modern dance by 21 of its most famous creators. Underlining on one page. Statements by many modern dancers on their art including Isadora Duncan, Marthas Graham, Merce Cunningham, Jose Limon, among others.
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15. Brown, Margaret Wise. GOODNIGHT MOON.. Harper & Row. (1947). Reprint. Pictures by Clement Hurd. Hardback. Reading copy. Ex Library. Text block held to binding by clear plastic reenforcements for inside joints. Rubs along sides of spine. Dust jacket with tears and rubs along spine and foredges. Rub marks to outside cover corners. (Size: 7 high by 8 inches wide.) This is a reprint. Author's biography on rear flap of dust jacket mentions her death in 1952 which is, of course, well after the copyright date of 1947 on the title page. No other indication of printing date.
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16. Burton, Richard S. (Translator). ARABIAN MINIATURES. The Most Beautiful Nights. Paris. Edurtions du Sud. I(1968). Color reproductions of ancient Arabian miniatures copiesd from Bibliotgheque Nationale and Musee des Arts Decoratifs tipped in. Hardback. 4to. Very good. In English. Printed in Switzerland. 47pp. Decorated front cover. Light dust marks on rear cover. 'Astra-Club'. (Size. 12? x 9? inches) Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in. Text from Burton's translation of 'The Book of the Thousand and One Nights.'
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17. Cabanne, Pierre (Findlay Galleries). CATHELIN,.. Stiff wraps. Very good. Findlay Galleries. NYC. May 4-31, 1966. Three vivid color reproductions of Bernard Cathelin paintings: Marche aux Grands Arbres, Grand Marche Mexicain, Fete a Tehuantepec. Front cover sketch is unattributed. 8pp. Center stapled. Issued to accompany Findley Gallery's (New York) show. (Size: 8? tall x 8 inches wide) Printed in France.
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18. Calvesi, Maurizio. TREASURES OF THE VATICAN. NY. Portland House. (1987). Reprint. Illustrations:: 85 color, 35 b/w. Cloth. Large 4to. Nicked dj. Very good. xiv & 214pp. Introduction by Deoclecio Redig de Campos. (Size in inches: 13 high x 10 wide) Small label shadow on free endpaper. Smooth paper. In six parts: The First Basilica, The Late Middle Ages, The Papal Residence, The Reconstruction Years, The Baroque Aftermath. Has bibliography, index and list of illustrations.
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19. Cellini, Benvenuto. (Translated into Engliash by Anne MacDonell). THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI. A Florentine Artist.. J.M. Dent & Sons/ Dutton. 1926. 28 drawings by Adrian De Friston and many contemporary portraits. Cloth. 8vo. Good. No dust jacket. Introduction by Henry Wilson, Many contemporary portraits. Paper title label on front cover. Paper label on spine faded. Bookdealer label on rear endpaper: McDevitt-Wilsons, Church St. NY. Head of spine chipped and torn with a piece missing.
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20. Charlot, Jean. POSADA'S DANCE OF DEATH. New York. Pratt Graphic Art Center. 1964. Stiff wraps. 4to. Very good. Four relief engravings by Jose Guadalupe Posada. Title page wood engraving by Fritz Eichenberg is signed by Eichenberg. Center stapled. (Size. Approx. 11 x 8? inches) Illustrated dust jacket over the wraps is rubbed and nicked along edges with dj spine rubbed and torn but holding together well. No paginated but I count 20 pages total. Limited edition of 500 copies, this is number 405, signed by the author, Charlot, in red ink. Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in.
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21. Cheney, Sheldon. THE STORY OF MODERN ART.. Viking. 1941. Illustrations. Cloth. Large 8vo. Good. No dj. Nicks in spine ends. Lettering on spine faded. Name on fly: Elizabeth M. Chamberlyne. viii+ & 643pp.
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22. Clay, Steven (Editor. WHEN WILL THE BOOK BE DONE?. NY. Granary's Books. 2001. Illustrations, some in color. Stiff wraps. Fine. Preface by Charles Bernstein. Printed and bond in Hong Kong. Wraps with fold-over flaps. (Size. Approx. 8?+' x 8?') 207+pp. Decorated covers. Bibliography of books published by Granary Books including year, number of copies, number of pages, size. Also illustrations and quotes from the work. Authors included tend to be important literary figures: poets, artists such as Joe Brainard, David Antin, John Ashbery, Ted Berrigan, Robert Creeley, Alex Katz, Jerome Rothenberg, Carolee Schneeman, Jack Spicer among many others. Separate page: 'Price List 2001' with a few wrinkles laid-in under rear cover. A publisher's catalogue.
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23. Creeley, Robert (Elsa Dorfman). EN FAMILLE. A Poem.. Granary Books. 1999. Photographs in color by Elsa Dorfman. Hardback. Small 8vo. Fine. Acid-free paper. Photo decorated front cover. Slick, heavy paper. (Size. 8? x 6? inches).
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24. Dawson, Fielding. AN EMOTIONAL MEMOIR OF FRANZ KLINE.. Pantheon. (1967). 1st printing. Cloth. Very good. with torn and darkened dust jacket. Front endpaper with fold-out panel is reproduced from a photograph of Franz Kline's 'Shenandoah Wall.' Dust jacker design is based on announcement for Kline's first one-man show in 1950 at the Egan Gallery, NY. Postcard addressed to Sara Blackburn laid-in that announces memorial for Fielding Dawson on Sunday, March 3, 2002 at St Mark's Church in New York. 147pp. (Size. 8? x 6 inches)
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25. De Salvo, Donna (Curator). PAST IMPERFECT. A Museum Looks at Itself. Southampton, NY. Parrish Art Museum in conjunction with The New Press. (1993). Ilustrations, some in color. Cloth. Large 4to. Slighlty torn dj. Near fine. Essays by Maurice Berger, Alan Wallach, Judith Barry. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. (Size: 12? x 9? inches) Smooth heavy paper. Sara Blackburn mentioned in the director's foreword and in acknowledgements. 80pp. Associated with exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum Aug. 8--Nov.11, 1992. Subtitled 'Mapping Past and Present at the Parrish Art Museum 1897--1992.' Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in.
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