June 2007 Auction Items

Approx. 50 Sotheby's catalogues, primarily late 1970's - early 1980's.

Approx. 20 ''Sotheby's Preview'' publications, 18 ''Sotheby's Newsletters'', and various Sotheby's pamphlets and mailings; together with 13 Parke-Bernet catalogues.

Approx. 120 Christie's catalogues, mostly from 1970's.

Various auction catalogues: 5 Du Mochelle's, 18 Wolf's, 4 Milwaukee Auction Galleries, 7 William Doyle Galleries, 3 Phillips, plus several misc.

Lot of assorted magazines: ''The Antiquarian'' (4 copies), ''Art News'' (7), ''The International Studio'' (10), ''The Connoisseur'' (3), ''Latin American Art'' (2), ''Antiques'' (7), plus several misc. Mostly fair-poor condition.

11 books on America and American art: Wallace Nutting, ''Connecticut Beautiful'' and ''Massachusetts Beautiful''; Rilla Evelyn Jackman, ''American Arts''; Isham, ''History of American Painting''; Oliver W. Larkin, ''Art and Life in America''; Frederick S. Wight, ''Milestones of American Painting in Our Century''; Andrew K. Gregg, ''New Mexico in the 19th Century: A Pictoral History''; ''Fair is Our Land'', ed. Samuel Chamberlain; Patricia Trenton and Peter H. Hassrick, ''The Rocky Mountains: A Vision for Artists in the Nineteenth Century''; ''A Treasury of American Prints'', ed. Thomas Craven; ''The Beauty of America in Great American Art'', ed. Robert L. Polley.

12 books on art: H.H. Arnason, ''History of Modern Art''; John Rewald, ''The History of Impressionism''; Thomas Hoving, ''False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes''; Geraldine Keen, ''Money and Art: A Study Based on the Times-Sotheby Index''; Michele Berard, ''Encyclopedia of Modern Art Auction Prices''; Muriel Segal, ''Painted Ladies: Models of the Great Artists''; Don Dedera, ''Navajo Rugs: How to Find, Evaluate, Buy and Care For Them''; Joseph H. Wherry, ''Indian Masks & Myths of the West''; ''Encyclopedia of the Arts'', ed. Dagobert D. Runes and Harry G. Schrickel; ''Incisioni Fiorentine del Quattrocento'' (text in Italian); ''Spanish Art'', a Burlington Magazine monograph; and ''Art Treasures of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam'', text by B. Haak.

16 books on various artists: Philip C. Beam, ''Winslow Homer at Prout's Neck''; John Berger, ''The Success and Failure of Picasso''; Elisabeth Luther Cary, ''The Works of James McNeill Whistler''; Michael Edward Shapiro, ''Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington''; Frederic Remington, ''Frederic Remington's Own West''; Jean Pellotier, ''Delacroix''; ''Edouard Manet'', text by S. Lane Faison, Jr.; ''All the Paintings of Raphael, Part I'', text by Ettore Camesasca; ''All the Paintings of Giorgione'', text by Luigi Coletti; Marcel Zahar, ''Jansem''; ''The Masterpieces of Teniers''; ''The Masterpieces of Velazquez''; ''Les Chefs-d'Oeuvre de Rubens''; ''Les Chefs-d'Oeuvre de Titien''; ''Les Chefs-d'Oeuvre de Gainsborough''; and T.D. Barlow, ''Woodcuts of Albreacht Durer''.

13 books in ''The Art Galleries of Europe'' series, published by L.C. Page & Co., Boston: Mary Knight Potter, ''The Art of the Venice Academy'' (2 copies); David C. Preyer, ''The Art of the Berlin Galleries'' (2 copies); David C. Preyer, ''The Art of the Vienna Galleries''; Julia de Wolf Addison, ''The Art of the National Gallery''; Henry C. Shelley, ''The Art of the Wallace Collection, London''; Florence J. Ansell and Frank R. Fraprie, ''The Art of the Munich Galleries''; Mary Knight Potter, ''The Art of the Vatican''; David C. Preyer, ''The Art of the Netherland Galleries''; Julia de Wolf Addison, ''The Art of the Dresden Gallery''; Charles S. Ricketts, ''The Art of the Prado''; Julia de Wolf Addison, ''The Art of the Pitti Palace''.

17 volumes from the ''Masterpieces in Colour'' series, edited by T. Leman Hare; Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York, and T.C.&E.C. Jack, London. Covers extensively soiled, bindings all intact, pages including color plates generally in good condition. Together with 6 volumes from the ''Les Grands Artistes'' series, edited by Henri Laurens; Librairie Renouard, Paris. Text in French. Covers soiled, some missing; some bindings detached; some foxing and soiling on pages.

13 volumes of ''Great Men and Famous Women'', ed. Charles Horne; Selmar Hess, New York, 1894. Black leather covers with gilt lettering, gilt or red edges on pages. Covers rubbed and soiled, edges worn; some bindings loose; pages generally fine.

11 books with text in Czech(?): Vatai Laszlu, ''A huszadik szazad masodik feleben''; ''Isten Harfaja''; ''Uj Testamentom'' (The New Testament); Herczec Ferenc, ''Pro Libertate''; Makkai Sandor, ''Taltoskiraly''; Harsanyi Zsolt, ''Mathias Rex'', volumes I and II; Gardonyi Geza, ''Lathatatlan Ember''; ''Szent Biblia'' (The Holy Bible); ''A Legszebb Tortenet''; ''A Teremtes Muve Kepekben''; ''Meditaciok...''

6 books and catalogues with German text: ''Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien: Meisterwerke''; ''Register 1853-2003: Anzeiger und Mitteilungen''; ''Grosse Kunstauktion in Luzern, Gallerie Fischer''; ''Forum Geschichte 2''; ''Memorabilien aus der Europaischen Geschichte''; ''Kunstlerischer Austausch/Artistic Exchange'', volumes I, II and III.

8 misc. books: Robert Louis Stevenson, ''Kidnapped''; Dante Alighieri, ''The Divine Comedy''; ''The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson''; Hendrick Smith, ''The Russians''; James Montgomery Flagg, ''Roses and Buckshot''; J.J. Marric, ''Gideon's Art''; ''The Beethoven Companion'', ed. Thomas K. Scherman and Louis Biancolli; and ''The Old Book Value Guide''.

Box lot of various hardbound and paperback catalogues, magazines and art-related publications.

''The Great Modern Painters: English, French, German etc.'', volumes I and II; Goupil & Co., Paris, 1886. Covers soiled and rubbed; some pages light struck and soiled; small amount of foxing; otherwise good condition.

''The Masterpieces of German Art'', 2 volumes (sections 6 and 9), #968 of a limited edition of 1000; Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1884. Covers soiled and rubbed, pages age toned, edges worn; otherwise good condition.

''Mythology and the Seige of Troy'', 2 volumes; George Barrie, Philadelphia. Covers in poor condition, detached from spines; pages age toned and light struck, edges worn, small amount of soiling.

''The Art Treasures of America'', 7 volumes (sections II, V, VI [2 copies], VII, VIII, IX). George Barrie, Philadelphia, subscription no. 83. Covers in poor condition; extensive water damage throughout; edges worn and light struck.

3 books and catalogues on Beauford Delancy: David Leeming, ''Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delancy'', Oxford University Press, New York, 1998; ''Beauford Delancy: A Retrospective'' exhibition catalogue for the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, 1978; ''Beauford Delancy: A Retrospective [50 Years of Light]'' exhibition catalogue for Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, 1991. Together with ''The International Review of African-American Art'', Vol. 13, No. 4, 1997.