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1. Acker, Marian Francis. ETCHINGS
OF OLD MOBILE.. Mobile, Alabama: Private Printing,
1943. Light wear only to the binding. Very nice overall. Illustrated front
cover. The dust jacket has some chips to the edges and some browning, but is
also very nice. Overall a beautiful copy. $100.00
2. Alighieri, Dante. THE
ANTE-PURGATORIO. CANTOS I - IX OF THE PURGATORIO. With original etchings by Jack
Zajac.. New York: Racolin Press, 1964. Light wear
to spine edges. Light wear to spine edges. In original publisher's box. The
box is worn at the edges and spine and has some paper peeled away and chipped
away. With signed, numbered etchings by Jack Zajac. The edition was limited to
200. $600.00
3. Amiranachvili, Chalva. L'ART
DES CISELEURS GEORGIENS.. Prague, Czechoslovakia:
Grund, 1971. Slight shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn, else near VG dust jacket. In
slipcase. $25.00
4. Beechhurst Press. MASTERPIECES
OF THE PRADO MUSEUM.. New York: Beechurst Press,
1951. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn, else VG dust jacket. D.j.
also has some staining. $2.75
5. Biddle, George. BOARDMAN
ROBINSON, NINETY THREE DRAWINGS. Introduction by George Biddle.. Santa
Fe, New Mexico: Rydal Press, 1937. Shelf wear to edges of spine and corners.
Dust jacket has heavy chipping to edges and some soiling. $28.00
6. Blackburn, Henry-editor. ACADEMY
NOTES, 1877. With143 Illustrations of the Principal Pictures at Burlington
House.. London: Chatto & Windus, 1877. 86
pages. Softbound covers. There is soiling and some chipping to paper covers.
This copy was the personal copy of George M. Ottinger, and is signed by him.
Ottinger was born in 1833 and spent his early years in Pennsylvania and New
York. At the age of 16, he ran away and joined the crew of a whaling ship, and
by the age of 20 had traveled around the world. He joined the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1861 and emigrated to Utah. He became the first
art instructor at the University of Deseret and later president of the Deseret
Academy in 1863. He was the first fire chief in Salt Lake City. As well as being
a prolific artist, he for a time partnered with C.R. Savage in his photography
business. Ottinger is one of the most prominent 19th-century Utah artists. He is
noted for his landscape and historical scene paintings. $30.00
7. Blackburn, Henry-editor. ACADEMY
NOTES, 1879. With146 Illustrations of the Principal Pictures at Burlington
House.. London: Chatto & Windus, 1879. 86
pages. Softbound covers. There is soiling and some chipping to paper covers.
This copy was the personal copy of George M. Ottinger, and is signed by him.
Ottinger was born in 1833 and spent his early years in Pennsylvania and New
York. At the age of 16, he ran away and joined the crew of a whaling ship, and
by the age of 20 had traveled around the world. He joined the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1861 and emigrated to Utah. He became the first
art instructor at the University of Deseret and later president of the Deseret
Academy in 1863. He was the first fire chief in Salt Lake City. As well as being
a prolific artist, he for a time partnered with C.R. Savage in his photography
business. Ottinger is one of the most prominent 19th-century Utah artists. He is
noted for his landscape and historical scene paintings. $30.00
8. Buranelli, Francesco and the Staff of
the Vatican Museums . THE LAST JUDGEMENT. Volume
1-The Restoration; Volume 2-The Plates. Two volume set.. New
York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2000. Two volume set in slipcase. Near
fine condition in near fine slipcase. A beautiful set, profusely illustrated
throughout. $70.00
9. Cassell & Company. THE
MAGAZINE OF ART. 1894.. London: Cassell &
Company, 1894. 430 pages. Large pictorially illustrated front cover and spine.
Gold title and gold on the cover illustration. Heavy cloth binding shows some
wear to the edges of the spine and the corners. There is some soiling to the
covers. The hinges are tight and the pages are tightly bound. $75.00
10. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company.
THE MAGAZINE OF ART ILLUSTRATED. Volume II (2).. London:
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 288 pages. Leather spine and corners.
Raised bands on the spine. There is some shelf wear to the leather, but overall
a very nice fine binding. This copy was the personal copy of George M. Ottinger,
and is signed by him. Ottinger was born in 1833 and spent his early years in
Pennsylvania and New York. At the age of 16, he ran away and joined the crew of
a whaling ship, and by the age of 20 had traveled around the world. He joined
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1861 and emigrated to Utah.
He became the first art instructor at the University of Deseret and later
president of the Deseret Academy in 1863. He was the first fire chief in Salt
Lake City. As well as being a prolific artist, he for a time partnered with C.R.
Savage in his photography business. Ottinger is one of the most prominent
19th-century Utah artists. He is noted for his landscape and historical scene
paintings. $100.00
11. Cave, Marie Elisabeth. COLOR.
The Cave Method of Drawing for Students. Second Part.. New
York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1869. 1st Edition. 110 pages. Dark red cloth binding
shows slight wear to spine edges and corners. This copy was the personal copy of
George M. Ottinger, and is signed by him. Ottinger was born in 1833 and spent
his early years in Pennsylvania and New York. At the age of 16, he ran away and
joined the crew of a whaling ship, and by the age of 20 had traveled around the
world. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1861 and
emigrated to Utah. He became the first art instructor at the University of
Deseret and later president of the Deseret Academy in 1863. He was the first
fire chief in Salt Lake City. As well as being a prolific artist, he for a time
partnered with C.R. Savage in his photography business. Ottinger is one of the
most prominent 19th-century Utah artists. He is noted for his landscape and
historical scene paintings. $200.00
12. Chelsea House Publishers. The
Blue Book: A Supplement to American Art Analog.. Edgemont,
Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Pub (L), 1987. 169 pages. Ex-library, with library
ink on spine and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and
corners. Binding is tight. $10.00
13. Cleveland Museum Of Art. SELECTED
WORKS: THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM 0FART.. Cleveland,
Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Some shelf wear, else near VG. Large coffee
table sized book. Beautiful illustrations in color and black-and-white
exhibiting the fine art collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. $10.00
14. Dombrowski, Ernst Von-translated by
Norma & Garold Davis. CHILDREN: SKETCHES,
STORIES, AND THOUGHTS ABOUT CHILDREN.. Provo,
Utah: Brigham Young University, 1976. 91 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and
corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. $19.50
15. Duchesse De Rohan Douairiere. LE
CHANT DU CYGNE. POESIES, 1914-1920. With watercolor illustrations by the
author.. Paris, France: Calmann-Levy, 1922. 162
pages. Large Heavy paper covers, with beautiful watercolor illustration on front
cover by the poetess and artist. The front hinge is pulling away slightly from
the text block and there are a couple of the initial pages loosening, but still
attached to the binding. Text block is sound. Some pages are uncut at the top.
This large book contains poems and 11 beautiful watercolor illustrations by the
author. The pages are heavy stock. A beautiful book. Measures 15 inches tall by
just over 11 inches wide. $100.00
16. Educational Publishing Company. MONTH
BY MONTH STUDIES IN DRAWING.. Boston: Educational
Publishing Co., 1920. 31 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. Corners rubbed through. Soiling to the binding. $30.00
17. Evans, Joan. ART
IN MEDIAEVAL FRANCE, 987-1498.. London: Oxford
University Press, 1948. 317 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine
and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $30.00
18. F.A. Owen Publishing Company. INSTRUCTOR
PICTURE STUDIES. Group One.. Dansville, New York:
F.A. Owen Publishing Company, 1925. Large portfolio with string tie cover. There
are eight folders in this portfolio. They are: -The Balloon; -By the River; -The
Torn Hat; -Age of Innocence; -Deer in the Forest; -The Song of the Lark;
-Dignity and Impudence; -U.S. Frigate Constitution. Beautiful large color
reproductions of these fine paintings. $25.00
19. Fels-Kuratle, Irene. Peter
Fels:. E. Lopfe-Benz, 1990. 205 pages. Book is
in very good condition. The n dust jacket has a long closed tear to the back
panel. $75.00
20. Gallagher, Edward Joseph, Jr. THE
GALLAGHER MEMORIAL COLLECTION: PAINTINGS, WATERCOLORS, DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE.. Tucson,
Arizona: University of Arizona Museum of Art, 200 pages. Slight soiling to front
covers of the book. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has library label on
spine and some wear to the edges. Ja $6.00
21. Gudiol, Jose. The
Complete Paintings Of Velazquez.. New York:
Greenwich House, 1983. 355 pages. Light shelf wear, else VG in lightly worn dust
jacket. $21.00
22. Gudiol, Jose. COMPLETE
PAINTINGS OF EL GRECO.. New York: Greenwich House,
1983. 374 pages. VG in slightly edge-worn dust jacket. Overall very nice
condition. An oversized, heavy book. No international shipping on this title.
$60.00
23. Herbert, Kevin. ANCIENT
ART IN BOWDOIN COLLEGE: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE WARREN AND OTHER
COLLECTIONS.. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard
University Press, 1964. There is some shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket
has a chip to the bottom of the jacket. There is an ink stamp that says
"surplus library material", but really no ex-library markings. A nice
and clean copy. $7.50
24. Hicks, G.E. A
GUIDE TO FIGURE DRAWING. . London: George Rowney
and Company, 1869. 47 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. Soiling to the covers. Text block is cracking, but still holding
together. Softbound covers. This copy was the personal copy of George M.
Ottinger, and is signed by him. Ottinger was born in 1833 and spent his early
years in Pennsylvania and New York. At the age of 16, he ran away and joined the
crew of a whaling ship, and by the age of 20 had traveled around the world. He
joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1861 and emigrated to
Utah. He became the first art instructor at the University of Deseret and later
president of the Deseret Academy in 1863. He was the first fire chief in Salt
Lake City. As well as being a prolific artist, he for a time partnered with C.R.
Savage in his photography business. Ottinger is one of the most prominent
19th-century Utah artists. He is noted for his landscape and historical scene
paintings. $65.00
25. Knowlton, Helen Mary. HINTS
FOR PUPILS IN DRAWING AND PAINTING.. Boston &
New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co, 1887. 32 pages. Shelf wear to the spine edges
and corners. Hinges tight and pages clean. $30.00
26. Koller. BLACK-AND-WHITE
TECHNIQUE. With 152 illustrations.. Scranton, PA:
International Textbook Co. , 1925. Wear to spine and corners, else near VG.
Slightly cocked spine. This is volume #160 in the series "International
Library of Technology". $7.50
27. Lucas, E.V. LEONARDO
DA VINCI: LITTLE BOOKS ON GREAT MASTERS.. London:
Methuen, 1927. Shelf wear, else VG in dust jacket with slight chipping to edges.
$6.00
28. Mathis, George. AN
INTRODUCTION TO PENCIL SKETCHING. (The Fine Art of Pencil Sketching).. Coloma,
California: Friday House, 1972. Spiral bound large softcovers. Cover edges have
creases from being folded. Slight soiling to the covers. $45.00
29. Morton, Frederick W.-editor. BRUSH
AND PENCIL. AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF THE ARTS OF TODAY. Volumes 14 and 15
complete and bound together.. Chicago & New
York: Brush & Pencil Publishing Company, 1904. This is volumes 14 and 15
complete of this periodical bound together. Bound in beautiful 3/4 red leather,
with red leather spine and corners and raised leather bands on the spine. There
is shelf wear to the edges of the spine and corners, with the corners slightly
rubbed. Slight soiling to the covers and a few rubbed spots to the leather at
the joints. The binding is tight and the contents are clean and tightly bound.
Volume 14 is complete in five issues, dated from April 1904 through December
1904. Volume 15 is complete in six issues, dated from January 1905 through June
1905. There are also five additional issues at the end of the book entitled
"Bulletin and Record, Art News Section of Brush and Pencil". These are
dated from January 1905 through June 1905. These issues are very scarce, and
individual issues are prized on the used book market. This volume containing 11
issues and to complete year of the periodical is especially desirable. Numerous
illustrations and information about artwork past and current, auctions and
prices, and information about artists. $325.00
30. Murray, Alexander. 60
ART LESSONS.. Racine, WI: Educational Supply
Company, 1935. This is a series of sheets housed in a green slipcase. The
slipcase is quite worn and is coming apart. The lessons are printed on each side
of the sheet, so there are 60 lessons on 30 sheets. All are present. $30.00
31. Peron, Eva. EL
ARTE GLORIFICA A EVA PERON.. Cordoba, Argentina:
Munidipalidad De Cordoba, 1953. 420 pages. Shelf wear to spine and corners.
Corners are bumped. Binding tight. Text in Spanish. Signed as a presentation
copy from the mayor of Cordoba, Dr. Leonardo Obied. $45.00
32. Powell, Nicolas. THE
DRAWINGS OF HENRY FUSELI.. London: Faber and Faber
Ltd, Ex-library, with internal stamps and label on spine. $8.50
33. Puyvelde, Leo Van. THE
FLEMISH DRAWINGS IN THE COLLECTION OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING AT WINDSOR CASTLE.. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1942. VG in slightly worn, else VG dust jacket.
$9.50
34. Richter, Emil H. PRINTS:
A BRIEF REVIEW OF THEIR TECHNIQUE AND HISTORY.. Boston:
Houghton, Mifflin, 1914. Slight shelf wear. Clean and tight. Slight fading to
spine title. $7.50
35. Riggs, Arthur Stanley. VELAZQUEZ:
PAINTER OF TRUTH AND PRISONER OF THE KING.. New
York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1947. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips
and tears to edges. $4.50
36. Sanden, John Howard. THE
PORTRAITS OF JOHN HOWARD SANDEN.. New York:
Madison Square Press, 2001. 159 pages. Near new condition, both book and dust
jacket. $37.50
37. Sandmel, Samuel. AFTER
THE GHETTO: JEWS IN WESTERN CULTURE, ART, AND INTELLECT.. Syracuse,
New York: Syracuse University Press, 1974. 20 pages. Softbound covers. Some wear
and light soiling. $7.95
38. Silliman, B. & C. R.
Goodrich-editors. THE WORLD OF SCIENCE, ART, AND
INDUSTRY ILLUSTRATED FROM EXAMPLES IN THE NEW-YORK EXHIBITION, 1853-54.. New
York: G. P. Putnam and Company, 1854. 207 pages. Large blue cloth covers with
gilt-illustrated covers spine. There is wear and fading to the spine. There are
some soiled and discolored spots to the cover. Shelf wear to the corners, with
corners slightly bumped and starting to work through. There is a small strip off
the spine cloth missing at the top of the spine. A few pages are protruding from
the text block but there aren't any loose or missing pages. Beautiful woodcut
illustrations throughout. A large book. $135.00
39. Smith, Marian W. THE
ARTIST IN TRIBAL SOCIETY: PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM HELD AT THE ROYAL
ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.. New York: Free Press
of Glencoe, 1961. Ex-library, with internal stamps and label on spine. $5.25
40. Smith, Ralph Clifton. A
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AMERICAN ARTISTS.. Charleston,
South Carolina: Garnier & Company, 1967. 102 pages. Ex-library, with labels
on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the
front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $6.00
41. Staff, I.C.S. PERSPECTIVE
AND FREEHAND DRAWING.. Scranton, PA: International
Textbook Company, 1935. 104 pages. 1935 edition. Slight shelf wear to spine and
corners. $5.00
42. Stevens, James-editor. A
DORE TREASURY:. New York: Crown, 1970. 246 pages.
Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips.
$10.00
43. The Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts. MASTERPIECES
FROM MONTREAL: SELECTED PAINTINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF
FINE ARTS.. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Art,
1965. 1st British edition. Softcovers. Ex-library, with internal stamps and
label on spine. Large softbound covers. $10.00
44. Thompson, Langdon, S. MANUAL
OF DRAWING TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE REGENTS' EXAMINATION IN DRAWING.. Boston:
D. C. Heath & Company, 1896. Wear to spine and extremities. Some fading and
soiling to binding. $15.00
45. Townsend, J. Benjamin. 100.
The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1862-1962.. Buffalo:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1962. 144 pages. Ex-library, with library label on
dust jacket spine. Shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the
edges. $17.50
46. Twining, Henry. ON
THE PHILOSOPHY OF PAINTING: A THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TREATISE.. London:
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849. 1st Edition. 443 pages. 1849 first
edition. Beautifully bound in 1/2 brown leather, with marbled paper over board
covers. The spine and corners are leatherbound. There is slight shelf wear to
the spine edges and the corners. The binding is tight and all illustrations are
present. This copy has the ink signature of George M. Ottinger. Ottinger was
born in 1833 and his early years in Pennsylvania and New York. At the age of 16,
he ran away and joined the crew of a whaling ship, and by the age of 20 had
traveled around the world. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints in 1861 and emigrated to Utah. He became the first art instructor at the
University of Deseret and later president of the Deseret Academy in 1863. He was
the first fire chief in Salt Lake City. As well as being a prolific artist, he
for a time partnered with C.R. Savage in his photography business. Ottinger is
one of the most prominent 19th-century Utah artists. He is noted for his
landscape and historical scene paintings. $350.00
47. University of Wyoming Art Museum. 100
YEARS OF ARTIST IN ACTIVITY IN WYOMING, 1837-1937.. Laramie,
Wyoming: University of Wyoming Art Museum, 1998. 79 pages. Softcover binding.
Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover
and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding
is tight. $35.00
48. Vanderwalker, F.N. THE
MIXING OF COLORS AND PAINTS: DESCRIPTION, PROPERTIES, THEORY, HARMONY AND
MANAGEMENT OF COLORS.. Chicago: Frederick J.
Drake, 1924. 1924 edition. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Some
fading to spine. Includes folding color sample page inside book with color
samples. $2.50
49. Winckelmann, John. THE
HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART. Volumes III & IV (3 & 4) bound together in one
volume.. Boston: James R. Osgood & Company,
1880. 507 pages. This is volumes 3 & 4 only bound together of the set. Shelf
wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. The corners are worn through
slightly. The binding and hinges are tight. Pages are slightly browned around
the edges, but are clean. With numerous illustrated plates throughout the book.
$75.00
50. Zellman, Michael. American
Art Analog. Complete set of three volumes. (Volumes I, II, III).. New
York: Chelsea House Publications, 1990. Three volume set complete. Little or no
wear to the spines and covers. Ex-library labels on the spine and front covers,
and a small library bookplate inside, but really near new condition except for
the library labels. $45.00
51. Zschokke, Peter. KUNSTWERKE
DES NEUNZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERTS AUS BASLER PRIVATBESITZ.. Basel:
Holbein-Verlag, 1944. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips &
tears to edges. $15.00