Kunst

The Grand Acquisitions

Hess, John L · 1974 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean near fine hard cover book/ edgewear otherwise a very good dust jacket., I'm guessing but I don't think John Hess is on Thomas Hoving's annual Holiday card list. A critique of some of the Met's acquisition & ...

Program: for Example: Dix-Huit Lecons Su La Societe Industrielle (Revision 11)

[Williams, Christopher] Kraus, Karola · 2010 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Baden-Baden: Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2010. Three pages lightly wrinkled on foredge otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good+ paperback exhibition catalog in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Text in German & English. 125 pages, illustrated.

Indian Art of the United States

Douglas, Frederic H & Rene D'Harnoncourt · 1948 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1948. 2nd printing., Shelfwear otherwise very good hard cover book/ dust jacket chipped otherwise a good price clipped dust jacket., 204 pages, illustrated.

The Gold of El Dorado

Bray, Warwick · 1978 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

London: The Royal Academy/Times Newspapers, 1978. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., Exhibition catalog, 240 pages, illustrated.

Etchings of California

Ford, Henry Chapman · 1961 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Pacific Coast Publishing Company/Edward Selden Spaulding, 1961. Previous owner's ink name. Slight wear at extremities otherwise near fine hard cover book/ no dust jacket., Signed by publisher on the continuation page. 36 plates.

French Folk Art

Cuisenier, Jean · 1977 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

NY: Kodansha, 1977. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket in original cardboard slipcase., 310 pages plus Photo Credits, illustrated.

Arshile Gorky: the Early Years

[Gorky, Arshile] Lader, Melvin P · 2004 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Los Angeles: Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, 2004. Fine trade paperback in decorative wrappers (softcover)., 95 pages, illustrated.

The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King

[King, Charles Bird] Viola, Herman J · 1976 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press/ Doubleday, 1976. 1st printing of 1st edition., Remainder spray along bottom edge otherwise fine hard cover book/ light edgewear & a closed tear at the end of the dust jacket spine otherwise very good dust jacket., King is one of the l...

Copying People: Photographing British Columbia First Nations, 1860-1940

Francis, Daniel · 1996 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1996. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean fine trade paperback in decorative wrappers (softcover)., A potpourri of photographs of First Americans dating to 1860 and revealing a society struggling to maintain its traditions while adapting to the incurs...

Monet's Landscapes

[Monet, Claude] Russell, Vivian · 2000 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston: Little Brown/Bulfinch Press, 2000. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Fine hard cover book/ light edgewear otherwise a very good dust jacket., 160 pages, illustrated.

The Passionate Collector: Eighty Years in the World of Art

Neuberger, Roy R With Alfred & Roma Connable · 2003 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., In addition to his success as a investor and portfolio manager, Neuberger passion was art-beginning with the knowledge of the modernists he acquired as a student in Paris...

Lillie May Nicholson, 1884-1964: an Artist Rediscovered

[Nicholson, Lillie May] Nelson-Rees, Walter A With Foreword B Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr · 1981 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Oakland: WIM, 1981. Previous owner's ink stamp on front pastedown (inside front cover) otherwise fine hard cover book/ dust jacket rubbed and with edgewear otherwise a good+ dust jacket., Fascinating is an overused term but Nicholson's work is indeed fascinating. Capable and c...

The Underground Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang

Fu, Tianchou Editor With An Introduction By Sidney Shapiro · 1987 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Beijing: New World Press, 1987. 3rd printing., Fine trade paperback in decorative wrappers (softcover)., Farmers in XiYang discovered pottery fragments in 1974 while drilling water wells. The result was the discovery of more than 1, 000 terra cotta soldier and horse figures wh...

Monet: Late Paintings of Giverny From the Musee Marmottan

[Monet, Claude] Orr, Lynn Federle, Paul Hayes Tucker & Elizabeth Murray · 1995 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1995. Slight wear at the lower corner of the cover otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good exhibition catalog in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., 87 pages, illustrated.

The Quest of Eternity: Chinese Ceramic Sculptures From the Peoples Republic of China

Kuwayama, George (Curator) · 1987 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art/ Chronicle Books, 1987. Small closed tear at base of spine otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good exhibition catalog in decorative wrappers (soft cover book), Essays by Albert E. Dien, Robert L. Thorp, Wang Renbo, George K...

A Different War: Vietnam in Art

Lippard, Lucy R · 1990 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Seattle: Whatcom Museum of History and Art/ The Real Comet Press, 1990. Fine trade paperback in decorative wrappers (softcover)., 131 pages, illustrated.

African and Oceanic Art

Trowell, Margaret & Hans Nevermann · 1968 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY: Abrams, 1968. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (inside front cover) otherwise a fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., 263 pages, well illustrated.

Art of the Far East

Munsterberg, Hugo · 1968 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY: Abrams, 1968. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (inside front cover) otherwise a clean fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., 264 pages, well illustrated.

The Craftsman's Handbook (Il Libro Dell'Arte)

Cennini, Cennino D'Andrea Translated By Daniel V Thompson, Jr · 1954 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY: Dover, 1954. An unabridged and unaltered republication of the Thompson, Previous owner's blindstamp on front end paper otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., One only need examine the brilliance of color of...

American Indian Design & Decoration

Appleton, Leroy H · 1971 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$4.00 (€3.63 | £3.03 | ¥639)

NY: Dover, 1971. An unabridged republication of the 1950 work, Indian Art of the, Edgewear otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good trade paperback in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., A concise, yet comprehensive, review of Native American decorative arts in pre-...