Search Results: Art from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

N.Y.: Walker Art Center, 1951 Book. Illus. by A.H. Maurer. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red clopth on boards. Price-clipped DJ has short tears head and foot of spine. "A biography of America's first modern paiinter." - DJ. Born in New York City in 1868, he died by his own hand in 1932 after a long career during which he received little recognition. 289 pp..

N.Y.: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928 Book. Illus. by 32 Illustrations By Various Artists. Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown boards backed in brown cloth. Previous owner's name and date (1929). DJ grubby and missing pieces head and foot. Book is cocked but clean inside. The author was a well-known artist and promoter who wrote extensively about modern art and organized some outstanding exhibits.281 pp. including index..

Koln, Germany: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1972 Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. German-English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green softcover. Additional authors are David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, and Joseph Kosuth. Text in both German and English. 347 pp..

N.Y.: Todtri Producrions, Ltd., 1996 Book. Illus. by 105 Colour Illustrations. Near Fine. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original colour-illustrated laminate on boards. DJ duplicates cover. No writing or damage. Introduction, A Style is Born, A Taste for Decoration, A Portfolio of Style, The Way to Modernity, Index. "The elegant, unified style that flourished from the early 1880s to the beginning of World War I."-p.5. A perfect gift for an artist, a collector, or decorator. ISBN 1-880908-75-1. Heavy book might need extra postage. Bar code sticker on back partly removed. 128 pp..

Toronto: Madison Press Books, 2006 Book. Illus. by Robert Bateman. Near Fine. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 11x11 1/2 Oblong. Blue cloth on boards. Studio relocated to Salt Spring Island, B.C. A pleasing presentation of the artist, his background, his paintings over the years, and his community activities. 179 pp..

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972 Book. Illus. by B/W Photos. Very Good. Original Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original bright red plasticized cloth with gilt lettering on boards, no DJ. Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, with Introduction, Bibliography, and Index. 196 pp..

Munchen: Karl U. Faber, 1968 Book. Illus. by Many Small Halftones Plus 8 Colour Plates. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original dark green soft cover with white lettering. Catalog of the auction of December 11 and 12, 1968. 1443 items. 263 pp. plus 8 colour plates. Very good. Text in German..

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, 1928 Book. Illus. by Maude Parker. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original green cloth on beveled boards. No writing or damage except minor abrasion to beveled edges of cover. Begins with an 8-page historical summary of the Bank of England, and then 12 colour plates with short descriptions of each on facing page, separated by two blank pp. in each case. Heavy book will need extra postage..

Fredericton, N. B., 1959 Book. Illus. by B/W and Color Photos. Good Plus to Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition (Will Not Be Reprinted). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book is especially valuable as a record of all then-current holdings in light of subsequent battles over ownership of several of them. 68 are shown in B/W or color. Front joint of cover is torn 2 1/2 in. up from the bottom. Cover creased. Unpaginated. No writing..

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2007 Book. Illus. by Photos. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Erratum slip to credit DJ art. This is a signed presentation copy to Dr. Ed Doherty, a Saint John ophthalmologist and former MLA. A welcome, up-to-date outlook on the upset around the Fredericton art museum. 317 pp..

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2007 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Erratum slip to credit DJ art. A welcome, up-to-date outlook on the upset around the Fredericton art museum. 317 pp..

London: Bison Group, 1994 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original black cloth on boards. Rubbed at head and foot of spine. Line, Shape, Tone, Color, Distortion, Abstraction, Themes, Variations, Index. ISBN 1-86124-736-1. 80 pp. with index..

Colour Library International, 1981 Book. Illus. by Nagele. Good. Original Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original maroon cloth on boards, large white letters cover and spine. 128 pp. of striking colour photos, many full-page, province by province. Produced by Ted Smart and David Gibbon..

Toronto: Art Commottee, Hart House, U/T, 1955 Book. Illus. by Various Artists. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Not only Group of Seven. 90 pp..

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1989 Book. Illus. by Paul Cezanne. Very Good. Soft cover. First (Number Line Begins in 1). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Colour cover paperback. Previous owner's name and address label. 302 pp. with index. Large, heavy book will need extra postage. "Far from merely giving unschooled form to his emotions, the compelling, enigmatic imagery of these works, when fully understood, and the conviction with which that imagery is expressed compel attention, admiration - and sometimes awe." p.7..

Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, Ltd./Four Corners Publishing Co. (Far East), Limited, 1981 Book. Illus. by David James Leonard. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Red cloth lettered in gilt on boards. Previous owner's name. Staples have pulled through the first three leaves. However, should the purchaser wish to separate the drawings for display, this would not be an issue. 36 brief descriptions on verso, cover page, and 36 drawings on recto..

Amsterdam: Mensing & Fils/Muller & Cie, 1938 Book. Illus. by Various. Very Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original soft cover catalog of Mensing sale of November, 1938. B/W plates are very good, nearly all with tissue guard. Several plates are full-page. Artists represented cover the alphabet, from Barbieri to de Witte. Other names I recognize are Bosch, Brueghel, Moro, and Rembrandt. Most works are by Dutch artists of the 17th Century, and several are full-page. Small pieces are missing top and bottom of backstrip, and upper rear cover corner has been repaired. Interior faultless. Unpaginated. Text in French..

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1967 Book. Illus. by Manet. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Detail from Nana on paper boards. DJ is clear plastic. Gift note with no other writing or damage. 64 pages of colour plates. 520 B/W illustrations. Classics of the World's Great Art Series. 128 pp. This heavy book will need extra ;postage..

London/ Annapolis: Conway Maritime Press/Naval Institute Press, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Hard Cover.. First Edition (No Additional Printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Nicholas Pocock was an experienced sailor who could paint. He was commander of at least three different ships; Betsey, Minerva, and Lloyd. A section of eight colour plates highlights the gathering of Pocock's fastidious drawings in black and white. 120 pp. with index..

London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1875 Book. Illus. by Six Colour Illustrations By Kate Greenaway (Uncredited). Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original reddish-brown blindstamped cloth with floral pastedown decorated in black and lettered in gold on bevelled boards. General wear; worn through at corners and head and foot of spine. All six chromolithographs by Kate Greenaway are present and excellent except for 1/2 inch edge tear in frontispiece. Chromograph Series. Each illustration is accompanied by a well-known, appropriate poem. There is light foxing to endpapers, but interior is essentially clean and easily readable. There are no names or any other writing. 140 pp. plus publisher's catalog..