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Aldershot 2002. 8vo. 144 pp. Illustrated in colour. Stiff pictorial wrappers with flaps, very fine. Early in the Second World War, Henry Moore had to give up working on sculpture when his Hampstead studio was bombed. Instead he concentrated on drawing, creating a monumental series of works showing the plight of people sheltering in the London Underground. 'The official shelters were insufficient', he wrote. 'People had taken to rolling their blankets out about eight or nine o'clock in the evening, going down into the Tube stations and settling on the platforms. It was like a huge city in the bowels of the earth. When I first saw it quite by accident - I had gone into one of them during an air raid - I saw hundreds of Henry Moore Reclining Figures.' This is the first book to consider Moore's visual documentation of the shelters within the context of the events of the London Blitz of 1940-41. Julian Andrews looks at Moore's personal and political feelings about the coming war and his doubts about working as an Official War Artist, comparing Moore's wartime drawings to works by other artists and to documentary photographs. In addition, the author considers the influence of the Shelter Drawings on people's feelings about the Blitz and their effect on public attitudes towards Moore's work.

Edwin Mellen Press, Wales, 1988. 8vo. [iv] + 230 pp. With index. Publisher's cloth, very fine. Provenance: [Teddy Brunius]. (Problems in Contemporary Philosophy, 6.)

Stockholm, Svensk-franska konstgalleriet, 1952. 8vo. [12] pp. Foreword (in Swedish) by Daniel Henry Kahnweiler. Stapled as issued, printed wrappers. Provenance: Swedish art historian Hans Eklund (1921-2018). (Svensk-franska konstgalleriet, katalog 246.) Exhibition catalogue (unillustrated), listing 65 works, mostly sculptures but even occasional "papier collés", gouaches, watercolours, drawings and lithographs.

New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2000. 8vo. viii + 204 pp. Illustrated, partly in colour. With bibliography and index. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dustjacket. Very fine. (Publisher:) "This generously illustrated book provides a complete overview of current knowledge about the sculptures of the Parthenon and suggests new interpretations of the ancient temple's sculptural creations. Margaretha Rossholm Lagerlöf steps back from viewing the fragments of the sculptures that remain today to focus more clearly on their meanings in the light of classical Athenian knowledge and society. She considers what the sculptures reveal about the Greek sense of democracy and how they witness women's lives in a warrior culture. Using Plato's philosophy and the visually oriented similes of his myths, Lagerlöf offers a new decoding of the aesthetic structure of the Parthenon's entire sculptural ensemble. The book compares the sculptures of the pediments to those of the metopes and the frieze, uncovering subtle differences in both the nature and the content of their images. As opposed to the divine elements represented in the pediments, for example, the frieze is seen as the domain of human beings, representing events and also the stage of history when humans no longer have direct access to the presence of the gods. The frieze can be interpreted as an invocation of this presence, a means of regaining closeness with the gods. Out of a multifaceted and imaginative approach to the sculptures of the Parthenon, Lagerlöf finds powerful new meaning in them as well as an enhanced appreciation of their Athenian creators".

Berlin, Akademie der Künste, 1981. 8vo. 216 pp. Illustrated with a few photographs. Pictorial wrappers, minute pen stain to lower cover, but fine. Provenance: the joint book collection of Peter Weiss (1916-1982) & Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss (1928-2022), neatly stamped in 2023.

New York, Christie's, 1988. 8vo. 80 pp. 32 lots, all Illustrated in colour (3 foldouts). Publisher's red cloth, pictorial dustjacket. Very fine. Provenance: Jeanette Bonnier (1934-2016). Artists include Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, Barnett Newman, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, John Chamberlain, Josef Albers, Christo.

London, Thames & Hudson, 2000. 8vo. 408 pp. + 16 pp. of plates. With index. Publisher's boards, pictorial dustjacket. Fine. (Publisher:) "Duchamp left behind a large volume of correspondence: letters, postcards and telegrams that he wrote to relatives, friends, colleagues and professional acquaintances. Amazingly, these documents - an invaluable source of information in our attempts to understand the artist and his work - are little-known, and never before have they been collated and published in English. Noted art historian Francis M. Naumann has devoted over twenty years to assembling Duchamp's traceable letters, and he has translated and annotated them for a variety of publications. Here, in The Selected Correspondence of Marcel Duchamp, he and Hector Obalk have selected 285 of the artist's most important and informative documents, and arranged them chronologically. The letters were transcribed by Hector Obalk, annotated by Francis Naumann and translated where necessary from the original French by Jill Taylor. The book contains a selection of Duchamp's correspondence with Louise and Walter Arensberg, Constantin Brancusi, André Breton, Jean Crotti, Jacques Doucet, Katherine S. Dreier, Suzanne Duchamp, Arne Ekstrom, Yvonne Crotti-Lyon, Man Ray, Henry McBride, Walter Pach, Francis Picabia, John Quinn, Robert Lebel, Henri-Pierre Roché, Alice Rouillier, Alfred Stieglitz, Carrie, Ettie and Florine Stettheimer, Tristan Tzara, Jacques Villon, Beatrice Wood and many others. The Selected Correspondence of Marcel Duchamp is an essential volume for art historians and lovers of modern art, and will bring a special insight into the life and work of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century".

Göteborg, Centraltryckeriet, O. Ericson, 1912. 8:o. 166 sid. Med 41 illustrationer. Välbevarat halvklotband, främre omslaget medbundet. Blindstämplar och stämpel för Kooperativa förbundet, namnteckning samt handskrivet signum, men ett mycket trevligt exemplar. Indelad i huvudavdelningar om Orienten, Rom, Bysans, Venedig, Frankrike, Tyskland, Böhmen, England, och Sverige.

Stockhom 1971. 8:o. 40 sid. Förteckning om 38 utställda verk av Sager-Nelson (med några förbockningar i bläck). Klammerhft., dek. omslag. Fint skick. Katalogen är helt ägnad Olof Sager Nelson och innehåller en mängd brevutdrag.

Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1991. 4:o. 448 s. Mycket rikt illustrerad i färg. Förlagsband, fotoillustr. skyddsomsIag. Fint skick. Första upplagan. Bidrag av Jan Brunius, Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman, Åke Huldt, Björn Lind, Armand Björkman, Åke Nisbeth, Olof Nordström, Bo Simmingsköld, Elisa Steenberg, Mailis Stensman, Bo Sylvan, Elsbeth Welander-Berggren, Kerstin Wickman och Dag Widman. Bl. a. om glas i Sverige intill 1900, glasserviser före 1900, jugendepokens konstglas, "Storhetstid med världsrykte" (1917-andra världskriget), de stora utställningarnas tid 1945-60, hantverkets revansch 1980-1988, glaset i offentlig miljö, glasets arkitektur, miljön kring glasbruken, glasegenskaper och glastillverkning samt att samla glas. Med förteckning över glastermer och ett personregister.

Stockholm, tryckt hos C. F. Marquard. På eget förlag, 1806. 12:o. [iv] + 196 s. + 1 graverad plansch. Tagen ur band, lös i häftningen, ngt lagerfläckad, titelsidan ngt smutsad. Saknar planschen. Ingår i en samling av resebeskrivningar som utkom med 16 delar 1804-16.

Strängnäs, Strängnäs Bibliotek, 2022. 8:o. 112 sid. Sparsamt illustrerad. Häftad, dek. omslag i svartvitt. Nyskick. Proveniens: Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss (1928-2022), med prydlig proveniensstämpel (2023). "View of Gripsholm Castle. An essay on Kurt Tucholsky", in Swedish. - - - (Strängnäs Biblioteks skriftserie, volym 10.)

Stockholm, Aktiebolaget Skoglunds Bokförlag, 1951-54. 8:o. 304 + 332 + 336 s. (sista bladet tomt) + 284 s. + ett par hundra planscher i färg och svartvitt. Med namnregister i alla delar. Illustrationer utvalda av Ruth C. Wright. Till svenska av Göran Ekblom. Fyra volymer. Bruna halvfranska förlagsband, marmorerade pärmpapper, övre guldsnitt, ryggtitelfält i grönt och rött. Första delens främre snitt med en bläckfläck, annars i mycket gott skick. Proveniens: konstnären och författaren Roland Svensson (1910-2003), med löst bifogad tryckt lapp, "Ur Roland Svenssons bibliotek". Del 1. Chaucers England och tidig Tudortid. Del 2. Shakespeare och Stuart-tiden. Del 3. 1700-talet. Del 4. 1800-talet. Engelska originalets titel: Illustrated English Social History.

Stockholm 1929. 8:o. 160 sid. Rikt illustrerad med fina svartvita fotografier. Nr 23 av 300 exemplar. Häftad, lätt nötta silverfärgade omslag, kort riss. Dedikation från Falk Simon till Arvid Posse. Tidningsurklipp om samlingen (Sydsvenska Dagbladet 1930) löst bifogat.

Jönköping, Jönköpings läns museum, Arkiv för naiv konst, 1976. 8:o. 132 sid.; + [32] sid. (Den klammerhäftade bilagan "inläggsblad" utgörande prislista.) Hft., dek. omslag. Gott skick. Presentation med biografier av naiva konstnärer i Norden, alfabetiskt ordnade.

Upsala, Lundequistiska bokhandeln, 1894. 8:o. xii + 368 s. + stor utvikbar tabell. Brunt halvklotband, marmorerade pärmpapper. Gott skick.

Stockholm, Coeckelberghs International Publishing, 1980. 29,5 x 24 cm. 224 s. Rikt illustrerad, till stor del i färg. Med register. Förord av John Boardman. Svensk översättning av Inger Rudberg. Förlagets klotband, dek. skyddsomslag i färg. Nyskick.

Stockholm, Albert Bonniers förlag, 1925. 8:o. 200 s. Häftad, omslag i rött & svart. Omslaget med svaga / obetydliga spår av hörnveck, men ett fint, ouppskuret exemplar av Johnsons andra bok.

Heidelberg, Braus, 1990. Square 8vo. 132 pp. Beautifully illustrated with full-page photos in black & white. / Text in German. Sewn as issued, pictorial wrappers. Very fine. "Karel Capek. Photography", published in conjunction with an exhibition in 1990. Karel apek, best known as a writer, playwright and journalist, was also a passionate photographer.

Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt & Söners förlag, 1956. 4:o. 192 sid. + planscher med fotografier och teckningar. Med register. Förlagets grå klotband, ngt nött och smutsat dek. skyddsomslag. Proveniens: Museimannen och konsthistorikern Hans Eklund (1921-2018), gåva från Klubben 27 januari 1983 med talrika namnteckningar från medlemmar i Konstnärsklubben. Innehåller: "Upptakten", "Nya signaler", "Klubben i fest och gamman", "Debatter och bataljer", "1910-talet", "1920-talet", "1930-talet", "Konstnärerna och staten", "Ecklesiastikministern gästar klubben", "Kamp för gemensamma intressen", "Selim Karlebo donator", "Det sista decenniet", "Fyra porträtt. Prins Eugen. Erik Lindberg. Isaac Grünewald. John Jon-And.", "Klubben tecknar", "Klubbens styrelse" samt "Ur klubbens fotoalbum".

Särtryck ur Svensk Litteraturtidskrift 1966:3. 8:o. Sid. 97-125. Klammerhft., tr. omslag. Gott skick. Dedikation till "Pär Lagerkvist med tacksamma [?] fr. J.L." Om Poeten, Stockholmsskildraren, Tessin och Karl XII, Tessin- och Sergelverken, Konstverkets födelse, Essäer om konst och teater, samt Dramerna.

Silhuettklipp i svart papper monterat på ett ark fint hangjort grått papper. Signerad nedanför bilden. Bildstorlek 3,5 x 6,4 cm, bladstorlek 32 x 24,5 cm. Mycket fint skick. Målaren och tecknaren Georg Stoopendaal var far till Mosse Stoopendaal, och svåger till Jenny Nyström.