ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL: California Impressionist Paintings from the Irvine Museum
Irvine, CA: The Irvine Museum, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 202pp. With 106 illustrations, 70 in full color.
New Arrivals
75 WORKS, 75 YEARS: Collecting the Art of California.
Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Art Museum, 1993. Hardcover. Quarto. 139pp. incl list of 75th Anniversary gifts (to the museum). Profusely illustrated in color. This is the softcover edition, bound up in brown leather-like cloth with gilt stamped titles. Small rubbed spot on front; interior mint.
ALSON SKINNER CLARK, 1876- 1949
DeRu's Fine Arts, 1983. Hardcover. Quarto. 120pp. 32 color plates and over 70 black and white illustrations from photographs.
ROSS DICKINSON: The Early Works.
Carmel, CA: William A. Karges Fine Art, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. Incl Exhibition list and endnotes. Nicely illustrated, mostly in color. This is the original softcover edition bound brown cloth with gilt stamped title.
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.
AN AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST: The Art and Life of Alson Skinner Clark
Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Museum of California Art / Hudson Hills Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 149pp. Nicely illustrated in color.
CALIFORNIA GRANDEUR AND GENRE. From the Collection of James L. Coran and Walter A. Nelson-Rees
Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. Incl. Artist's index. Nicely illustrated with single illustration on one page and artist bio on facing page. Contains well known artists, like Edgar Payne and Hanson Puthuff, and many other, lesser known, artists. Rear of dust jacket.....
ROBERT CLUNIE: Plein-Air Painter of the Sierra
Bishop, CA: Coons Gallery, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 289pp. Incl. index. Profusely illustrated: 317 illustrations, including 93 plates in full color. "Clunie spent thirty years recording, on sweeping canvases, in all weathers, the majesty of the wilderness..."
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.
A BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX TO CALIFORNIA & WESTERN ARTISTS: A Handbook Providing Reference to over 50 Books and Exhibition Catalogs As Biographical Source
Lawndale, CA: Old Master Gallery Press/ De Ru's Fine Art, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 172pp. "A handbook providing reference to over 50 books and exhibition catalogues as biographical sources." Original softcover edition bound in leather-like cloth with gilt stamped titles. Truly a resource for dealer or scholar.
DUNCAN GLEASON: Artist, Athlete and Author
Los Angeles. Historical Society of Southern California, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 149pp. Incl. index. Illustrated with some color plates and b&w plates and from old photographs.
REGIONALISM: THE CALIFORNIA VIEW. Watercolors 1929-1945
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 88pp. profusely illustrated in color and b&w. 47 artists represented, each with a short bio and illustrations. Original softcover edition nicely bound in grey cloth with title stamped in gilt.
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.
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.
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.
MATHEWS: Masterpieces of the California Decorative Style
Santa Barbara and Salt lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1980. Quarto.127pp. Incl. index. Nicely illustrated in color and b&w. White cloth stamped in brown. Spine of dust jacket is a bit sunned and has one edge-tear.
JOAQUIN SOROLLA
Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 2002. Hardcover. Quarto. 64pp. 54 full-color illustrations and 10 black and white. Like new copy in original publisher's shrink-wrap.
SERENADING THE LIGHT: Painters of the Desert Southwest
Santa Fe, NM: Schenck Southwest Publishing, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 115pp. Profusely illustrated with beautiful color plates and some b&w illustrations. Touches on most all the Taos Society artists and more. Light brown cloth with mounted illustration has tiny rubbed spot on edge. In original publishers mylar dust.....
AN ALBUM OF ALASKAN WILDFLOWERS
Seattle, WA: A Salisbury Press Book/ Superior Publishing Company, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 14 x10". Brown cloth, with gilt stamped title. 100 full color reproductions of Jeanne Laurence's Alaskan wildflower paintings representing 300 varieties in true to life tones. Full page plates with descriptions of the flowers on facing page.....
HANSON PUTHUFF. California Colors. 1875-1972
Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Museum of California Art, 2006. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 56pp. plus exhibition checklist and family photo album at rear. Illustrated in color.
FABIAN IN COLOR. (Portfolio)
Mercer island, WA: Starmont House, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 15 x 12". Red boards with black spine, gilt monogram and title on front. Limited edition # 113 of 150 copies in hardcover portfolio. Plate 1, INSCRIBED "With all Best Wishes from Stephen E. Fabian" and numbered in ink. Interior.....
ELFQUEST. (Portfolio)
San Diego, CA: Schanes & Schanes, 1980. First edition. Portfolio. Folio. 16 x 11.75". Heavy paper folding portfolio with cover illustration. #930 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. Six b&w plates; Plate 1 SIGNED and numbered in ink. Tiny bump to corner, not effecting plates, which are fine...
WALLY WOOD'S WEIRD SEX PORTFOLIO. (Portfolio)
Carmel, CA: Collector's Press, 1977. First edition. Portfolio. Folio. 16 x 12". Heavy red paper portfolio binder with gold printed title and cover illustration. Artist's statement sheet, SIGNED, "Best, Woody" plus eleven b&w plates; Plate 1, SIGNED and numbered by Wood. Limited edition, # 1656 of 2000 copies. Adult content.....
KULL II. (Portfolio)
Denver, Co: Middle Earth, 1977. First edition. Portfolio in illustrated envelope. Folio. 15.5 x 11.25". Heavy paper folding portfolio with cover illustration. #986 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. Seven b&w plates; Plate 1 SIGNED and numbered in ink by SEVERIN. Certificate of Authenticity laid-in. Portfolio has mild corner.....
KUBLA KHAN. (Portfolio)
East Stroudsburg, PA: Frazetta Prints, 1977. First edition. Portfolio in illustrated envelope. Folio. 15 x 11". Heavy paper folding portfolio with cover illustration. #318 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. Five b&w plates; Plate 1 SIGNED and numbered in pencil by FRAZETTA. Portfolio has offset toning to rear panel.....