A PAINTER'S PARADISE
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 97pp. fully illustrated in color. Includes Exhibition checklist laid-in.
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CALIFORNIA DESIGN 1910
Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, 1980. Hardcover. Quarto. 143pp. Illustrated from photographs by Morley Baer and from old photographs. Arts and Crafts in California including pottery, metalwork, architecture, painting, sculpture etc. Sections on Arthur and Lucia Mathews, Charles and Henry Greene, Irving Gill and others. This is the original.....
SOCIETY OF SIX
San Francisco: Bedford Arts Publishers, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 12'' x 9 1/2''. 224pp. with index. Nicely illustrated, mostly in color. Six plein-air painters from Oakland, California: Selden Gile, August Gay, Louis Siegriest, Maurice Logan, Bernard von Eichman & William Clapp. Their association lasted for almost 15 years. This is.....
THE POTTER'S ART IN CALIFORNIA, 1885 to 1855.
Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 87pp. Incl. exhibition list. Nicely illustrated in color. Original softcover edition has been bound in brown leather-like cloth stamped in gold. Gallery sticker on last blank.
OUT OF THE SHADOW, ELSIE PALMER PAYNE, An American Artist Rediscovered
Minneapolis, Mn: Payne Studios, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 33pp. Brown cloth, stamped in gold. Illustrated, mostly in color. Bound-up copy of original softcover with original wrappers bound-in.
THE PAYNES. EDGAR & ELSIE. American Artists.
Minneapolis. Payne Studios. 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4'' x 8 3/4''. 98pp. incl. index. Nicely illustrated in color and b&w.
CHRISTIAN VON SCHNEIDAU (1893-1976)
Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing Company, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 63 pp. Illustrated profusely with b&w and color plates. SIGNED by the author. Original softcover edition nicely bound in gilt stamped grey cloth. Gallery sticker on last blank.
RALPH HOLMES
Santa Barbara, CA: James M. Hansen, 1981. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Brief text plus 38 plates, mostly color. With “Painting List “ at rear describing 239 artworks and examples of Holme’s signature.
THE LEGACY OF PERCY GRAY
Carmel, CA: The Carmel Art Association, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. 184pp. incl. chronology, exhibition history, notes and index. Illustrated with color plates and text illustrations. Mild crease to dust jacket.
100 YEARS OF ART IN SAN DIEGO. Selections From The Collection of the San Diego HIs tori all Society.
San Diego: San Diego Historical Society, n.d. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 108pp. Incl. bibliography. Nicely illustrated, mostly b&w, but a few in color. Blue cloth stamped in gold. A Catalogue of the works of Artists Active in San Diego from the 1850’s to the 1950’s. Bound-up version of original softcover.....
MONTEREY: THE ARTIST'S VIEW. 1935-1945
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1982. Hardcover. Quarto. 40pp. Exhibition catalogue with b&w illustrations; biographies of featured artists. This is the original softcover edition with full color cover by Henrietta Shore, bound in brown leather-like cloth with gilt titles.
ART AT THE JONATHAN CLUB
Los Angeles: Jonathan Art Foundation, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto.180pp. plus two folding plates. Featuring paintings by forty prominent California artists, each with a full page color plate illustration, descriptions of the paintings, and biographical information for each artist. Featured artists include Henry Chapman Ford, Hanson Puthuff, Maurice Braun, Franz.....
LONERS, MAVERICKS & DREAMERS
Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Art Museum, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 125pp. Incl. notes. Illustrated, mostly color. Original softcover edition is bound in blue leather-like cloth, titles stamped in gilt.
DRAWINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTISTS BEFORE 1950
Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 64pp. Black and white illustrations. Bound in brown leather-like cloth with gilt stamped titles. Likely a bound-up softcover editions, but covers have not been bound-in. Art gallery sticker on last blank.
THE GOLDEN GATE COLLECTION: GEORGE DEMONT OTIS 1879-1962, American Impressionist.
San Francisco, CA: George Demont Otis Foundation, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Nicely illustrated in color and b&w. Bound-up version of original softcover book with covers bound-in. Mild bump to top of spine.
CALIFORNIA LIGHT 1900-1930
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. Hardcover. Quarto. 191pp. Illustrated in color and b&w. This Chronicle Books softcover edition has been bound in blue, leather-like cloth with gilt stamped title. Very clean and nice.
THE CALIFORNIA ROMANTICS, Harbingers of Watercolorism
Encinitas, CA: Artra Publishing, Inc, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 96pp. Exhibition catalogue. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Catalogue of the exhibition of the National Watercolor Society Past President's Invitational, featuring the works of 53 past presidents. this is the original softcover edition nicely bound in brown leather-like cloth.....
E. CHARLTON FORTUNE 1885-1969
Carmel, CA: The Carmel Art Association, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. 127pp. Incl. chronology, exhibition history and notes. Nicely illustrated with color plates and text illustrations. Scarce in hardcover.
THE PAINTINGS OF FRED GRAYSON SAYRE (1879-1939)
Laguna Beach, CA: Redfern Gallery, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 76pp. Nicely illustrated with color plates. This copy SIGNED by Barbara Sayre Harmon, daughter of Sayre. Brown cloth stamped in gold.
IN AND OUT OF CALIFORNIA: Travels of American Impressionists
Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Art Museum / Hudson Hills, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 151pp. 70 colorplates, 7 b&w illus. Exhibition catalogue presenting paintings by artists working in California in the late 19th & early 20th centuries.
IN NATURE'S TEMPLE: The Life and Art of William Wendt
Irvine, CA: The Irvine Museum, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Lg quarto. 320pp. with 305 color illustrations. Incl. 'A chronology of the Life of William Wendt', references for titles, checklist, bibliography and index.
ALSON SKINNER CLARK, 1876- 1949
Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing Company, 1983. Hardcover. Quarto. 120pp. 32 color plates and over 70 black and white illustrations from photographs. This copy INSCRIBED by Stern, "To Dee McCall (California art dealer)... This is the original softcover edition bound in brown leather-like cloth; titles stamped in gilt. Issued without dust.....
BIRDS, BOUGHS, & BLOSSOMS. JESSE ARMS BOTKE (1883-1971).
Carmel. William A. Karges Fine art. 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 10'' x 10''. 90pp. Illustrated in color and black & white. Green cloth stamped in gold. Bound-up version of original softcover with wrappers bound-in.
JOSEPH KLEITSCH, A Kaleidoscope of Color
Irvine, CA: The Irvine Museum, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 283pp. incl. index. Nicely illustrated with 300 illustrations, mostly in color.
AGNES PELTON POET OF NATURE
Palm Springs: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1995. Hardcover. Quarto.128pp. Incl bibliography and Chronology. Beautifully illustrated, mostly in color. Faint line down the half-title page. Small edge tear to dustjacket. Hardcover is scarce.
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