Lynes, Barbara Buhler:Georgia O'Keeffe – the Catalogue Raisonné - Volumes 1 & 2
- signiertes Exemplar 2000, ISBN: 9780300081763
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London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, viii, 288pp. Full red morocco, with gilt borders and spine, with titles and date to th… Mehr…
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, viii, 288pp. Full red morocco, with gilt borders and spine, with titles and date to the spine in gilt, stamped right on the leather, all edges gilt. Corners bumped, boards a little scuffed and scratched, joints and spine ends rubbed. The second half of the plates foxed, one guard with a tear, but overall good and clean throughout and the binding tight and square. 16 steel-engraved plates after Thomas Allom and a fore-edge painting exhibiting a view of the city of Ghent, with sailboats in the foreground, with a note in ink to the engraved title verso. Thomas Roscoe was an author and translator whose original books include travels, histories, and poems. Thomas Allom is best known for his illustrations for travel books. Lowndes, III, p. 2127., Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841, 3, London:: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833., 1833. Small 8vo. 264 pp. Engraved half-title, 19 engraved plates. Original full dark green blind- and gilt-stamped morocco, a.e.g.; neatly rebacked, preserving original endleaves; rubbed. Early ownership signature on title of [-] Baldwin; bookseller's label of G.A. Poynder, Reading. [From the collection of Phoebe Jane Easton]. Very good. WITH A FORE_EDGE PAINTING of an English countryside scene, showing two monuments [including a cathedral] by "Stevens", a painter who worked after WWII and was very prolific. Edited by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838). Fore-edge painting PROVENANCE: Yale & Brown Booksellers, Pasadena, CA [with their dated invoice of September 15, 1962] W.R. Moran, La Cañada (purchased 16 July 1962 with fore-edge painting named on the receipt) gifted to William ["Bill"] & Phoebe Jane Easton in 1962. The important aspect of this provenance is that within it is a proof that this book was painted on before July 1962. Bill Easton (ca.1916-1996), paleontologist, was a professor of geological sciences at USC, specializing in fossil corals. "Dr. Easton was an outstanding gentleman in the truest sense of the word," said paleobiologist David J. Bottjer., Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833., 1833, 0, Oxford:: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Samuel Collingwood, 1822., 1822. 8vo. 1039 pp. Paper lightly browned (causing edge painting to look browned). Original dark brown straight grained morocco elaborately stamped in blind, a.e.g.; neatly rebacked, edges scuffed, inner hinges re-enforced. Very good. Leather bookplate of Sydney Sanner. With fore-edge painting of "FOLKSTONE." An early painting (date unknown). PROVENANCE: Navy blue morocco bookplate of Sydney Sanner, possibly a freemason and, if so, this could be the copy of Judge James Sydney Sanner (1872-1956), Supreme Court of Montana. He was also involved with inventing mining machinery. He died in Los Angeles. Earlier inscription of "Emily C. Hammersley, [daughter of my] [and in another hand:] Great Aunt . . . Constance Maria Stopford, Ridgeway, 1920.", Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Samuel Collingwood, 1822., 1822, 0, London: William Pickering, 1836. From The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Light wear, but sound and VG. From The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Small 8vo. xxxvii, [iii], 236p. With a nicely detailed FORE-EDGE PAINTING of St. Paul's Cathedral with sail boats in the foreground. Bound by Hayday in full maroon pebbled morocco with gilt spine title, a.e.g., William Pickering, 1836, 3, London: Printed by W. Wilson for J. Bumpus et al, 1821. Hardcover. Good. Bound in full red contemporary morocco with gilt borders and all edges gilt. pp. x, 242, pp. iv, 280, with frontispiece to vol 1. Minor spotting both volumes, occasional finger-marks or similar. A few Pencil notes to prelims, Cracked at fep, volume 2. Good overall condition, both bindings firm and square. The "disappearing" paintings are visible only when the block is fanned to the right and would otherwise escape notice. Each painting depicts an angling scene - "fly-fishing" and "trolling for pike". I can detect no artist name or monograph. The images have retained their colour well and are in Good condition., Printed by W. Wilson for J. Bumpus et al, 1821, 2.5, London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. LYRA GERMANICA: Hymns for the Sundays and Chief Festivals of the Christian Year. Published in London in 1869 by Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer. Catherine Winkworth, translator Full leather with gilt decorations to boards and spine. Gilt dentelle. Spine with six compartments. All edges gilt. FORE-EDGE PAINTED with two gentlemen on horseback. Gift inscription dated 1870 on front endpaper. Bookplate and former bookseller pencil notes on free front endpaper. Hinges starting. A very good+ copy. See photos, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1869, 3, Oxford: E. Tyopgrapheo Clarendoniano, 1800. Moderate wear, VG. viii, 330p. Introduction in Latin, text in Greek. Illustrated with a finely executed fore-edge painting of a View of Oxford. Bound in black straight-grain morocco, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles, the panels with crosshatch designs in blind., E. Tyopgrapheo Clarendoniano, 1800, 3, Oxford:: Samuel Collingwood, 1821., 1821. Thick 8vo. 1039, [1] pp. All but a few leaves printed in two columns. Original full gilt-stamped red straight grain morocco, lavender endleaves; rebacked preserving original spine. Early ownership inscription. With a fore-edge painting of Canterbury, painted by 'Stevens', ca. 1945-1960. [kMW], Samuel Collingwood, 1821., 1821, 0, 8vo Bound in full red hard-grain Morocco early inscription to front fly leaf dated 1877, Gilt lines on the boards gilt dentells and lines lettering centre tool of a thistle to the spine. Some mild foxing a nice tight copy with a very nice Fore-Edge Painting.Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800 - 1859) was a nineteenth-century British poet, historian and Whig politician and one of the two Members of Parliament for Edinburgh. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history. The Edinburgh Review, founded in 1802, was one of the most influential British magazines of the 19th century. It ceased publication in 1929.Fore-Edge PaintingHolkham Hall NorforkHolkham Hall is one of England's finest examples of the Palladian revival style of architecture, and the severity of its design is closer to Palladio's ideals than many of the other numerous Palladian style houses of the period. The Holkham Estate was built up by Sir Edward Coke, the founder of his family's fortune. He bought Neales manor in 1609, though never lived there, and made many other purchases of land in Norfolk to endow to his six sons. His fourth son, John, inherited the land and married heiress Meriel Wheatley in 1612. They made Hill Hall their home, and by 1659, John had complete ownership of all three Holkham manors. It is the ancestral home of the Coke family, who became Earls of Leicester., Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874, 0, L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane pis a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It was highly popular, and was translated several times into English, most notably as The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, by Tobias Smollett in 1748.Gil Blas is born in misery to a stable hand and a chambermaid of Santillana in Cantabria, and is educated by his uncle. He leaves Oviedo at the age of seventeen to attend the University of Salamanca. His bright future is suddenly interrupted when he is forced to help robbers along the route and is faced with jail. He becomes a valet and, over the course of several years, is able to observe many different classes of society, both lay and clerical. Because of his occupation, he meets many disreputable people and is able to adjust to many situations, thanks to his adaptability and quick wit. He finally finds himself at the royal court as a favorite of the king and secretary to the prime minister. Working his way up through hard work and intelligence, Gil is able to retire to a castle to enjoy a fortune and a hard-earned honest life.View of Windsor castle in all its glory from the 1800s as viewed from the North side of the river Thames. Showing the iconic round tower (The Keep) and St Georges Chapel. A wonderful scene that has hardly changed even today, Published by Lefèvre, 1844, 0, London: David Nutt, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. LYRA HEROICA: A Book of Verse for Boys. Published in London in 1893 by David Nutt. William Henley, editor Full red leather with gilt title to spine and gilt decorations to boards. Gilt dentelle. Spine with six compartments. All edges gilt. FORE-EDGE PAINTED with a country inn with dogs and horses. Fine binding. Gift inscription dated 1896 on front endpaper. Bookplate and former bookseller pencil notes on free front endpaper. Joints a bit worn. A very good+ copy. See photos., David Nutt, 1893, 3, London:: Frederick Warne and co., (1880)., 1880. At head of title: The Lansdowne Poets. Small 8vo. 438 pp. Engraved illus. Original full green blind and gilt-stamped calf, spine gilt, maroon leather spine label, a.e.g. School prize award mounted on front pastedown (1882). With a fine fore-edge painting showing The Tower of London and Mint from Tower Hill (1842), after Thomas Shotter Boys (English engraver, 1803-1874). Painted circa 1970s by Don Noble [unsigned]. See: Weber, Jeff, Annotated Dictionary, pp. 214-6 [Noble fl. 1965-2000)., Frederick Warne and co., (1880)., 1880, 0, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. An extraordinary copy of this popular 19th century title by the Irish poet. Bound in contemporary green Shagreen with exquisite gold tooling, raised bands at the spine. All edges gilt, the fore-edge features a hidden or "disappearing" painting - visible in full when the page-edges are fanned to the right. According to a previous owner pencil note to the verso of the front endpaper, the image is "Stallion with Brood Mare and Foal". 8vo, pp. 284, with illustration at title page. The binding is firm and square. Rubbing with minor loss of the leather at the corners and at the corners of the backstrip. Very small scuffs at the joints. Previous owner bookplate fixed to front pastedown. Appears to be entirely free from foxing or spotting. Excellent condition and a spectacular example of the bookbinder's art., Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, 3, London: Ball, Arnold, & Co, 1840. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. New edition, revised (seventh edition and fourth edition, respectively). Both volumes feature idyllic fore-edge paintings: the first of a woman and a boy holding hands as they walk a road, with large trees on either side in the foreground, and copses of trees in the distance; the second depicts two figures rowing a canoe down a stream with a village in the distance. Each appears to be by the same artist. Corners a bit rubbed with evidence of minor restoration to spine head and foot, ink name on front endpaper of each volume. 1840 Small Hard Cover. xi, 171; 208, [12] pp. 12mo. Volumes one and two of what was ultimately a six-volume set of Montgomery's collected poems. The presence of fore-edge paintings on these volumes is somewhat unusual, as traditionally this was done on leather-bound volumes, often quite a bit larger than these, and the practice in general was considerably more common in the 18th century and earlier. That being said, these are ably done, so it is clear that they are not the work of an amateur, and it is possible someone commissioned a contemporary artist to do the entire set, and these are the volumes that remain. His poetry, while it sold well during his lifetime, is remembered best as the victim of excoriating reviews by John Wilson in Blackwood's, and Thomas Babington Macaulay in the Edinburgh Review., Ball, Arnold, & Co, 1840, 3, London:: Smith, Elder and Co., 1862., 1862. Half-title: The four Georges: sketches of manners, morals, court, and town life. Small 8vo. [iv], 226, [2] pp. Original full turquoise blue crushed morocco, raised bands, all edges gilt, by W. M. HOLLOWAY (ca.1850-70), London; head and rear joint mended with kozo, spine toned. Bookplates of Thomas Clarke Butler-Cole; Alfred C. Howell. Very good. First edition, contained within four parts. With a lovely fore-edge painting [ca. 1952] of a scene of Windsor Castle. PROVENANCE: Thomas Clarke Butler-Cole (1870-); Alfred C. Howell (1847-1928). See: Hover, Caroline F. Aucassin et Nicolette, the Alfred C. Howell collection: a bibliography. New York: Hover, 1977., Smith, Elder and Co., 1862., 1862, 0, London: Geo. Lawford, 1829. Second edition. Binding with rubbing and old wear, preliminaries foxed, remainder clean. Second edition. Small 8vo. viii, 272p. Illustrated with 280 engravings. This with a very nice oval fore-edge painting of a fox stalking a duck., Geo. Lawford, 1829, 0, Boston: James B. Osgood, 1873. Complete Edition. The painting is hard to fuces and therefor grainy. Complete Edition" xii, 481p. Illustrated with plates and with a fore-edge painting signed by Vera Dutter. Bound in full tree calf with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and ornaments. Binding rebacked with original spine laid down. Another seller has suggested that "This fore-edge painting was painted by Vera Dutter and sold by her in 1972 to William Thomas, Bookseller, Mechaincsburg, PA, for $45 at the time. The name of the fore-edge painting is 'Bridge at Sunset'., James B. Osgood, 1873, 0, London: Macmillan, 1923. Very minor wear, near fine - a lovely painting. Small 8vo. lvi, 392p. With a fine FORE-EDGE PAINTING, perhaps of Southwark Cathedral beyond old London Bridge. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full morocco, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, dentelles., Macmillan, 1923, 4, New Haven & London: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Original Boards. 0300081766 . In 'as new' condition. 2 volumes in a slipcase. Georgia O'Keeffe's magnificent landscape paintings, flower studies, abstract art and other works are greatly admired, yet the full range of her subjects, her working methods, and her stylistic developments have never been accurately explored. This catalogue raisonné - which presents more than 2,000 works of O'Keeffe in a variety of media - displays her innovative use of colour and form and in the process sheds light on her distinctive contribution to American Modernism. A key figure in the circle of Alfred Stieglitz, O'Keeffe was at the center of the ferment taking place in American art in the early twentieth century. In the midst of all the intellectual and aesthetic currents of the period, her own work, beginning with her own distinctive drawings and watercolours of 1915 to 1917, nevertheless developed in highly personal ways. This catalogue includes O'Keeffe's paintings, drawings, watercolours, and sculpture - many of which have never been reproduced - along with entries that provide all pertinent factual information. The works are arranged chronologically and are enhanced with a full bibliography, exhibitions listing, and chronology of the artist's life. Light soiling to volume 1 dustjacket cover & volume 2 bookblock foreedge. Wrinkle to bottom r/h front of the slipcase. Slight shelfwear. ; 32 x 27.5 x 5cms; 1198 pages ., Yale University Press, 1999, 5<
