Janette Maher Books
Catalog of Books for sale
Art Instruction and Practice
Janette Maher BooksCatalog of Books for sale
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Bates, Kenneth F. Basic Design. Principles and Practice.. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1970. Republished. Octavo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Foreword by William M. Milliken. An introduction to the secrets of design and the difference it makes in what man makes. 175 pages, with index. Previous owner's stamp on back free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked. White dust jacket is beginning to yellow and has small tears along the top edge. $12.00 [000695]
Bockhorst, Roland W. Shades, Shadows, Perspective. St Louis: Privately Published, Soft Cover. Good Practical exercises for architecture students: Perspective, Shades and Shadows, Descriptive Geometry. Unnumbered pages in a comb binding. Bockhorst was an architecture who taught at Washington University, St Louis, from the 1930s until he retired in 1972. This book relates to a course he taught in Descriptive Geometry. $15.00 [000565]
Cholet, Bertram (Compiler). Technical Illustration. Brooklyn: Higgins Ink Co, Inc, 1953. Quarto. Soft Cover. Very good clean unmarked copy. Covers instruction in three-dimensional drawing, lettering and rendering. 62pp, 24 plates. SOLD [000105]
Christie, Archibald H.. Pattern Design. An Introduction to the Study of Formal Ornament.. New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1969. Reprint of Second 1929 Edition. Octavo. Trade Paperback. Very Good condition. Clean and unmarked copy. The spine faded. 313 pp with index, 60 full page plates and 359 figures in &w. $10.00 [000191]
Davies, Maurice. Turner as Professor. The Artist and Linear Perspective. London: Tate Gallery, 1992. First. Quarto. Soft Cover in As New/Fine condition. 128 pages. Includes discussion of six lectures on perspective given in 1811, by Turner, and an analysis of the use of perspective in some of Turner's paintings. (Image of cover is at top right of this web page.) $15.00 [000330]
Everett, Herbert E. And William H. Lawrence. Freehand and Perspective Drawing: A Practical Treatise on the Principles of Artistic Perception and the Art of Correct Graphic Delineation. Chicago: Americn Technical Society, 1943. Later Printing. Octavo. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. First printed 1908. This book is designed for the student of architecture. 72 pages. Red cloth binding; the lettering on the spine a little dull, small ownership stamp on the front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked. $10.00 [000330]
Guptill, Arthur L. Sketching and Rendering in Pencil. New York: The Pencil Points Press Inc., 1922. First Edition. Folio. Cloth and Paper. Good / No Jacket. First book in the "Pencil Points Library". 186 pages profusely illustrated in b&w with an emphasis on architecture.. Neat owner's name and adress on front free endpaper.Ends of spine and corners worn, paper spine label worn; text pages clean, unmarked and in very good condition. $40.00 [000109]
Turner, William Wirt. Projection Drawing for Architects. New York: The Roland Press, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. Decorative Cloth. Very Good condition. 107pp, 52 figures, index. $10.00 [000107]
[000331] Harrison, Hazel. Watercolour School. Sydney, Australia: Reader's Digest, 1993. First. Octavo. Hard Cover. As New / Fair. Instruction is divided into three areas: Getting to know Watercolour, Developing your skills and Making pictures. Step-by-step demonstrations illustrated with full color photographs. Covers landscapes, Buildings and Cityscapes, Still-life and Flowers, Animals and Birds and Figures and Portraits. 176 pages. $15.00
[000508] Hemming, Charles. Paint Finishes. Chartwell, 1990. Reprint of 1985 Edition. Octavo. Hard Cover. In fine condition in a fine dust jacket. Very clean and unmarked. 144 pages, with index. Step-by-step instructions from choosing materials and surface preparation to the finishing touches. Techniques apply to furniture and objects as well as walls and floors. $12.00
[000328] Blockley, John. Learn to Paint with Pastels. Glasgow and London: Collins Publishers, 1980. First. Quarto. Pictorial Cover. Very Good Many color illustrations, with several step-by-step demonstration paintings with an emphasis on landscapes and cityscapes. 64 pages. $20.00
[000323] Price, Maggie (Editor). The Pastel Journal, Volume 1, No. 6. January/February.. New Mexico: Janie Hutchinson, 2000. First. Quarto. Soft Cover. Fine Featured artists are: Eric michaels (buildings & cityscapes), Dino Paravano (Wildlife and wild scenes), Alan Flatman (Life), Foster Caddell (Portraits) and Dorothy Barta (Portraits). $7.00
[000324] Price, Maggie (Editor). The Pastel Journal, Volume 2, No 1. March/April.. New Mexico: Janie Hutchinson, 2000. First. Quarto. Soft Cover. Fine Features winners of the first annual Pastel 100 competition and profiles of the judges: Doug Dawson, Albert Handell and Elizabeth Mowry. $7.00
[000325] Price, Maggie (Editor). The Pastel Journal, Volume 2, No 2. May/June. New Mexico: Janie Hutchinson, 2000. First. Quarto. Soft Cover. Fine Featuring artists: Marie Kash Weltzheimer, Ned Mueller, Henry Isaacs and Sigmund Abeles. $7.00
[000326] Price, Maggie (Editor). The Pastel Journal, Volume 2, No 3. July/August.. New Mexico: Janie Hutchinson, 2000. First. Quarto. Soft Cover. Fine Featured Artists: Brad Faegre, Jimmy Wright and Barbara Ogarrio. Comprehensive article on products and services for Pastel Artists. $7.00
[000444] Biegeleisen, J. I. And Max Arthur Cohen. Silk Screen Techniques. New York: Dover Publications, Inc, Octavo. Trade Paperback. Very Good First published 1958, this is a later printing. 185pp with index. b&w illustrations and line drawings. $5.00
[000261] Fitzhugh, Elizabeth West (editor). Journal of the American Institute for Conservation. Volume 32, Number 1.. Washington D.C.: American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1993. First. Octavo. Trade Paperback. Very Good Articles on Textile, Painting and Architecture. Papers from the General session and Textiles Specialty Group Update of the 20th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for consrvation of Historic and Artistic Works, Buffalo, June, 1992. $15.00
[000245] Hogarth, William. The Analysis of Beauty. A Reprint Including the Plates Formerly in Portfolio. Chicago: The Rilley & Lee Co., Reprint. Octavo. / . Reprint of The Silver Lotus Shop 1909 Reprint. Dark red cloth with black lettering, with "Silver Lotus" endpapers. 242 pages + Announcement. The book is clean and unmarked in Fine condition. Dust jacket is worn at top and bottom of spine. $40.00
[000214] Pettit, Florence Harvey. Block Printing on Fabrics. New York: Hastings House, 1952. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. Ex-library, but only stamp on the bottom of the title page. $15.00