Art from Abaculus Books

Hokusai: One Hundred Poets by Peter Morse 222 pages. Color and monochromatic plates. Oblong 4to, stamped red cloth, dust jacket. New York: George Braziller, (1989). First edition. Fine.

Claes Oldenburg: Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing by Coosje van Bruggen Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 136 pages. Oblong 4to, paper wrappers. Cologne: Museum Ludwig, 1979. First edition. Missing dust jacket, cover illustration and spine label from dj are affixed to paper wrappers, internally clean and complete. A very good copy.

Cape Dorset: A Decade of Eskimo prints and recent sculptures 81 black and white plates, essays by James Houston. In French and English. 4to, staple bound exhibition catalog. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada/The Canadian Eskimo Art Committee, January 1967. Covers lightly worn, a very good(+) copy.

God, with the words of Swami Sivananda, Himalayas by Atman (Peter Max) Illustrated in color. Slim square 16mo, pictorial boards. New York: William Morrow & Sons, (1970). First edition. Faint scuff on back cover, a very good(+) copy.

The Tyche Foundation Collection - Gifts to the Ackland Art Museum Color plates. 72 pages. Tall slim 8vo, paper pictorial wrappers. Chapel Hill: The Tyche Foundation, 2010. Fine, in original shrink wrap.

The New Art: A Critical Anthology Battcock, Gregory (ed.) Illustrated in black and white. 253 pages. 12mo, paperback pocket book. New York: Dutton, (1973). Revised edition. A very good(+) copy.

Puppets and Puppet Plays Tuttle, Florence Piper Illustrated by George Overlie. 80 pages. 4to, printed black cloth. Mankato, MN: Creative Educational Society, Inc., (no date, c. 1962). Presumed first edition. Front cover with a scratch under title. Internally clean and crisp. A very good(+) copy.

Create Something: A Handbook for Beginners Payant, Felix Illustrated in black and white. 167 pages. 8vo, white stamped red cloth. Columbus: Design Publishing Company, (1939). First edition. School stamp on end paper. A very good(+) copy. A wonderful WPA-era book providing basic instruction for all sorts of creative projects including drawing, block printing, mural painting, puppetry, mask-making, among many others.

Jasper Johns (The Jewish Museum, February 16 to April 12, 1964) Solomon, Alan R. Original catalog for Johns' first solo museum exhibition. Essays by Alan R. Solomon and John Cage. Illustrated in black and white. Square 8vo, paper wrappers. New York: The Jewish Museum, (1964). First edition. Edges of covers lightly sunned, "Jasper Johns" in faint pen on spine. Scarce. A… Read more about this item

Leonardo da Vinci The Codex Hammer formerly The Codex Leicester Roberts, Jane Exhibition catalog illustrated in black & white, with an introduction by Carlo Pedretti. 126 pages. 4to, paper wrappers. London: Royal Academy of Arts, (1981). Some light edgewear to corners and top of spine, internally clean and tight. A very good(+) copy.

A Joseph Cornell Album Ashton, Dore With contributions from Octavio Paz and Elizabeth Bishop, Jonas Mekas, John Ashbury, Duane Micheals, Illustrated in black & white. 240 pages. Oblong 4to, paper wrappers. New York: Da Capo, (1974). First paperback edition. A very good(+) copy.

Layman's Guide to Modern Art: Painting for a Scientific Age Rathburn, Mary Chalmers and Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. Illustrated in color and black & white. 110 pages. 8vo, grey and yellow cloth, dust wrapper. Andover: Addison Gallery of American Art, (1962). Some sparse (and charming) underlining in red pen, wrapper slightly worn. A very good(+) copy in a very good wrapper.

Salle: An Interview with David Salle by Peter Schjeldahl Salle, David and Peter Schjeldahl Elizabeth Avedon Editions. Illustrated in color and black & white. 105 pages. 8vo, paper wrappers. New York: Vintage Books, (1987). First edition, full number line. A very good(+) copy.

Photo-Oil Coloring for Fun or Profit Marshall, Lucile Robertson Illustrated in color and black & white. 135 pages. 8vo, printed red cloth. New York: John G. Marshall, (1947). Cover stained, some light foxing throughout, pp. 133/134 (bibliography) scratched and scribbled though text remains legible. A very good(-) copy.

Marcel Duchamp Appearance Stripped Bare Paz, Octavio Translated by Rachel Phillips and Donald Gardner. Illustrated in black and white. 211 pages. 8vo, paper wrappers. New York: Seaver Books, (1978). First edition, second printing. A near fine copy.

Chalk Talk Made Easy - Crayon and Blackboard Drawing Simplified Bixler, William Allen Illustrated in black and white. 128 pages. 12mo, red cloth with paper cover label. Anderson, IN: The Warner Press,1947. A near fine copy.

Immagini e retorica di Regime Brilli, Attilio and Francesca Cheili (eds.) Text in Italian. Exhibition catalog illustrated in color and black & white. 127 pages. 4to, paper wrappers. Milan: Federico Motta Editore, (2001). First edition. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page. A near fine copy.

Mondrian Milner, John Illustrated in color and black & white. 235 pages. Square 4to, paper wrappers in plastic sleeve. London: Phaidon, (2005). Remainder marks on half title page and at bottom of text block. A near fine copy.

The Impressionists and Photography Alarco, Paloma Exhibition catalog illustrated in color and black & white. Text in English. 288 pages. 4to, pictorial boards. Madrid: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2020. Fine, as new.

To You Through Me: The Beginning of a Link of a Journey of 400 Years Minter, Joe Illustrated in color. 89 pages. 4to, paper wrappers. Lexington: Institute 93, (2019). Fine, as new.