American Folk Art In Wood, Metal and Stone. 183 illustrations / four color plates. by Lipman, Jean, 1909-1998

New York : Viking Press, in cooperation with the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1974. Third Printing. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Series; A Studio book. Physical description; 288 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-287). Contents; Pictures : painted, drawn and stitched. Portraits ; Landscapes and seascapes ; Scenes of daily life ; Religious, literary and historical subjects ; Still life, cutouts and samplers ; Penmanship, fractur and presentation pieces -- Sculpture in wood, metal, stone and bone. Portraits ; Ship figureheads and sternboards ; Weathervanes and whirligigs ; Cigar-store figures and other shop signs ; Decoys ; Toys ; Household ornaments -- Decoration for home and highway. Overmantels, fireboards, cornices ; Walls and… Read More

New York : Hudson Hills Press in association with the Museum of American Folk Art, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 199 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm. Subjects; Folk art — United States — History. United States — Social life and customs. Primitivism.

London : Thames and Hudson, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean, and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-287). Subjects; Folk art — United States. Primitivism in art — United States.