Elmer Adler: Apostle of Good Taste
New York: Typophiles, 1942. 16vo. 18 pp. Black and white plates. Soft cover. Very good. More
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Ansel Adams: The Early Years.
Boston, MA.: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991. 4to. 48 pp. Soft Cover. Black and white plates throughout. Good. Rubs to spine and covers, spine sunned. More
Paintings from Private Collections: Six Important Gifts. A 25th Anniversary Exhibition. The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, Vol. XXII, No. 4, Summer 1955
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York 1955. 4to. 36 pp. Soft Cover. Very Good. Rubbing and some smudges on the covers. Light chipping. Staple binding. BW Plates. Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). He was a museum director, art critic, educator and author. Director of..... More
Recent Painting USA : the Figure. (Exhibition: Museum of Modern Art, May 23 - Sept. 4, 1962.)
New York: New York Museum of Modern Art, 1962. 4to. 40 pp. Very Good. Soft Cover. Illustrated paper wraps. Minor shelf wear. B&W plates throughout. Sponsored by the Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz (1919-2019). More
Lyonel Feininger / Marsden Hartley
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York 1944. 4to. 96 pp. Soft Cover. Good. Heavy chipping and some loss on the spine. Stains and pen smudges on covers. Small spot of chipping on front cover. Light yellowing. BW Plates. Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). He..... More
The Wanderers in the Year of the Elder Metal Dog - 1970.
Silver Spring, MD: The Wanderers, 1969. Folio. [78 pp]. Stiff, spiral-bound wraps with printed cover. Very good with marginal staining. Includes 12 black and white illustrations of the signs of the zodiac. Also includes a calendar for the year of 1970, and a do-it-yourself astrology kit. Also includes a stapled..... More
A Collection of 20 mainly Signed Photographs by the major American First Generation Astronauts: Neil Armstrong; John W. Young; Charles A. Bassett; Scott Carpenter; Edgar B. White; John Glenn; Alan L. Bean; Edwin Aldrin, Jr.; William A. Anders; Russell L. Schweickart; David. R. Scott; Michael Collins; Frank Borman; James McDivitt; James Lovell, Jr.; R. Walter Cunningham; Charles Conrad, Jr.; Donn Eisele; Richard; Gordon, Jr.; Walter Schirra.
1961-1969. 8 x 10 photographs, all but one signed by the astronauts. Mostly black and white; in individual folders with manuscript biographies in French. This collection was put together by a French space enthusiast and contains manuscript details on the flights in French as well as printed ephemera. Bassett 's..... More
The Publisher's Lunch Club 1969-70.
New York: Publisher's Lunch Club, 1970. 12mo. 26 pp. Brown Cloth, Letterpress On Wove. Very Good. From the Collection of the Book Designer Philip Grushkin (1921 - 1998). First Edition. More
Pages from The Crisis of the Old Order by Arthur M Schlesinger Jr., with autograph message to Herb Yellin.
[New York?]: Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr, [1980s?]. 3 pages, 6” x 4” with message and siggnature from Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. Undated. From the estate of Herb Yellin (1935 - 2014), the publisher of the Lord John Press. More
Directions in Bay Area Painting: A Survey of Three Decades, 1940s-1960s. Richard L. Nelson Gallery and the Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis. April 12 through May 20, 1983. Part III in the series The Development of Modern Art in Northern California, edited by Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr. [Exhibition catalogue].
Davis, CA: University of California, Davis Department of Art, 1983. [Exhibition catalogue]. 4to. 35 pp. Soft, stapled glossy red wraps with white lettering. Good with marginal edgewear along spine and creasing along top right corner of front wrap, both from use. Black and white plates, including frontis. Includes a foreword..... More
France and California: The Impact of French Art and Culture on California: From the Voyages of Discovery to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century.
Davis, Calif.: University of California, 1967. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the University Library, May 29-June 12, 1967. 8vo. 61 pp. Very good in wraps. More
Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art 1929-1967
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1977. 4to. Black and white plates. Hard cover with dust jacket. 657 pp. Dust Jacket Good with tears, else Very Good. From the collection of Peter Selz, Art History Professor at UC Berkeley. More
Signed photograph from Barry Goldwater, Jr. sent to Herb Yellin of the Lord John Press.
Unknown: Barry Goldwater, Jr., [1970s?]. Autographed 8 x 10 photo with handwritten note of thanks. Very Good. Undated. Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. (born July 15, 1938) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California, serving from 1969 to 1983. He is the son of..... More
The American Amateur Photographer - comprising issues January-May; July-October, 1894. First Edition.
New York: The American Amateur Photographer, 1894. 8vo. 23.6x16 cm (9¼x6¼"), original pebbled boards re-backed in modern leather with original spine strip laid down, fresh endpapers..... Lettering faded on spine, rear endpaper starting at head; small puncture to photographic initial on cover of January 1894 issue, mild toning to leaves..... More
Hemingway Vs. Esquire. Article in an issue of Saturday Review, August 23, 1958.
New York: Saturday Review, 1958. 8vo., 38 pp., Very Good, Magazine with small tears, sun-fading, rubbing, small stains, creases. Hemingwayana. Enclosed in Plastic Sleeve. More
American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History.
Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1959. 377 pp. Illustrated in black and white. 4to. Ex-library. Cloth. More
Editing Eighteenth Century Novels: Papers on Fielding, Lesage, Richardson, Sterne, and Smollett Given at the Conference on Editorial Problems, University of Toronto, November 1973.
Toronto: A. M. Hakkert, 1975. 8vo. 124 pp. Very good in green cloth. More
MS Note on Flyer, Bev Chaney to Herb Yellin, April 26, 1985. RE: Book Collecting.
Croton On Hudson, NY: Bev Chaney Jr. Books, 1985. Single Letter Sized Page, Very Good. Hand-written note on photocopy of Bev Chaney Jr. Books flyer. Provenance: Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important..... More
List I. Bev Chaney, Jr. Books, 1992 Catalogue.
Ossining, NY: Bev Chaney, Jr. Books, 1992. Stapled Sheets, 24 pp., letter sized sheets, Very Good. Provenance: Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century. More
The Utica City Directory for 1847-’48.
Utica, NY: Curtiss, 1847. 12mo. 208 pp. Hard Covers. Acceptable. Illustrated blue paper covered boards. Heavy wear. Large losses across covers. Boards warped. Stitch binding. Stitch broken, and leaves coming loose. Last few pages stained from water damage, else pages fine. Previous owner’s name on free end paper. Extremely Scarce..... More
The Bird & Bull Press Is Pleased To Announce The Publication Of A Babylonian Anthology.
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1966. Prospectus. 8" x 16" Single Folded Page, Letterpress on Laid Paper. Black, blue & ochre ink. Illustrated. Very Good. In opened envelope mailed to Lloyd E. Siberell. This is a prospectus for a book, not the book itself. More
A Brief History of the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, [1978]. 64mo. 85 pp. Navy Blue Leather, Gold-Stamped on Cover with U. S. Naval Academy Emblem. Decorative End Papers. Fine. Color Illustrations. One of 249 copies. (Bradbury, p. 23). More
Skipjacks Of the Chesapeake.
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1982. 64mo. 90 pp. Gray Gilt-Stamped Leather, Illustrated (nautical theme) End Papers. Near Fine. Illustrated. Limited Edition: one of 249 copies. Written and illustrated by Hill. (Bradbury, p. 24). More
Wheel Of Fortune: Four California Poets.
Tempe: Emerald City Press, 1977. 8vo., 75 pp., Good, Trade Paperback, shelf wear, edge wear. More