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Text Box: Georgia O’Keeffe - In The West, edited by Doris Bry and Nicholas Callaway, hardcover, oversized, oblong: 14 in. x 16 in., weight 5 lbs., Alfred A. Knopf, 1989, stated first edition. According to the publisher, this book is a presentation of O’Keefe’s best art during her western period. Included are paintings both celebrated and previously unpublished. The highest quality standards have been observed with the 98 color plates which printed in 4 and 5 color offset lithography by Nissha Printing Company of Kyoto, Japan, among the world’s foremost color printers. The separations are engraved from newly commissioned transparencies which have been color-corrected by comparison with the original works of art, whenever possible. The jacket is printed in seven colors with matte lamination; the full cloth binding is smyth-sewn in signatures. Brief explanatory text also present, chronicling O'Keeffe's motivations and inspirations for her work. Front jacket panel is a full color image of the work Ram's Head. Condition: very good plus/very good plus; one page has separated or has been separated from the binding, but binding is good. Small (2 in. x 2 in.) water stain on outside bottom of back board. No marks, tears or soiling inside. Price: $20.00 Note: Due to weight, U.S. shipping will be $6.00

Text Box: The Etchings of Edward Borein, A Catalogue of His Work, by John Galvin, compiled with the assistance of Warren R. Howell in collaboration with Harold G. Davidson, hardcover, 12 x 9 inches, John Howell Books, San Francisco, 1971. This book is firstly intended to be a catalogue of the etchings of Edward Borein, and secondly a picture book of the Western art. Included are 34 unpublished plates, no known editions of which were made during Borein's lifetime. Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket, an inscription on the second fly page, otherwise no markings, no soiling, no torn pages. Price: $50.00

Text Box: Tom Lea: An Oral History edited by Rebecca Craver and Adair Margo, hardcover, Texas Western Press, ISBN 0874042348, 1995, 185 pages with index. Tom Lea, internationally known artist and author, in early 1994 recorded a series of interviews with Adair Margo for the University of Texas at El Paso's Institute of Oral History. In the spring, a retrospective exhibition on his art work was held at the El Paso Museum of Art, UTEP's Centennial Museum, and the Adair Margo Gallery. This book, developed from the interviews and illustrated by exhibition pieces and photos from Lea's personal collection, serves as Lea's autobiography. This book is the first extensive autobiography with the retrospective exhibition pieces spanning his career. Condition: as new, has inscription on inside front cover/near fine, dust jacket has slight smudges on top and edge. Price: $12.00

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Text Box: American Paradise, The World of the Hudson River School, hardcover, ISBN: 0-8109-1165-5, Abrams, second printing, 1988, oversized, 11.5 in. x 10 in., weight, 5 lbs., 346 pages with black and white and color photographs, and index. This comprehensive account chronicles the first native group of landscape painters, the rise of the Hudson River School, the influences that marked its development, and its role in the artistic life of mid-nineteenth-century New York. The book contains four essays, written by members of the Metropolitan Museum’s American Wing, and fascinating discussions of eighty-five paintings written by eminent scholars in the field of American art. Condition: near fine/near fine Price: $15.00 Note: Due to weight of this volume, U.S. shipping will be $4.50.

Text Box: Stark Museum of Art, The Western Collections 1978 by Julie Schimmel, softcover, Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas, 243 pages with black and white and color photographs, index. This gem of a book showcases some of the art collected by the Starks on travels through Texas, parts of Louisiana, and New Mexico. The reader is delighted with the discovery of these artists and their art; also, the art offers good studies to painters. Presented are illustrations from the collection with biographies of Alexander Wilson, John James Audubon, Seth Eastman, George Catoin, Jon Mix Stanley, Paul Kane, Alfred Jacob Miller, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, Frederick Sackrider Remington, Charles Marion Russell, Newell Convers Wyeth, Frank Tenny Johnson, Joseph Henry Sharp, Bert Greer Phillips, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Oscar Edmund Berninghaus, Eanger Irving Couse, William Herbert Dunton, Walter Ufer, William Victor Higgins, Ernest Martin Hennings, John Young-Hunter, Leon Gaspard, Nicolai Ivanovich Fechin, LaVerne Nelson Black, Kenneth Miller Adams, Kiowa Indian Artists, Fremont F. Ellis. Condition: very good plus/ no dust jacket, slight rubbing along the spine Price: $10.00

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