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Posted June 14, 2023

Greetings, Book People!   We're reducing our entire inventory through the month of June, including ART, ARCHITECTURE, FASHION, DESIGN, LITERATURE, and more.   Thank you for supporting independent bookstores (and the arts)! ~Amatoria Fine....

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Amatoria Fine Art Books

Amatoria Fine Art Books

1831 F St., Sacramento, CA 95811 USA 9168224909
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We specialize in fine art, antiquarian, and collectibles, including photography, architecture, California Art, exhibit catalogs, and more. All items professionally packed with recycled materials whenever possible. Feel free to reach out with questions.

Amatoria has a 40-year legacy in Sacramento with 15k books on the arts. A woman-artist-owned brick & mortar supporting local creative economy by providing scarce, out-of-print books, original art, prints, and ephemera.

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Niki De Saint Phalle & Jean Tinguely: Posters; Claus Von Der Osten Collection; With an Index of Posters

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Near Fine. Very Good, 4to, 11 3/4" x 9 1/2." Trilingual text in English, German, and French. Yellow paper wrappers with color illustration on front. Black and green lettering to spine. Covers have slight shelf wear, slightly bumped tips, light all-over rubbing, else clean and intact, binding tight. Pages have slight shelf wear and slightly bumped tips, else clean and intact. Profusely illustrated; 142 color illustrations. A catalog published on the occasion of an exhibition. Niki de Saint ...


Islamic Arms and Armour used book

Islamic Arms and Armour

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$200.00

Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Scolar Press Date published: 1979

Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. First Edition. A Fine book in a Near Fine dust wrapper. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. 13" x 10." 252 pp. Many illustrations in black-and-white and color. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Small former owner notation in black pen on front pastedown. Dust wrapper has black text on a white spine, very clean and intact overall, but has some mild age toning and slight creasing on the front and back panels and ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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It's All Part of the Clay: Viola Frey used book

It's All Part of the Clay: Viola Frey

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$26.00

Binding: Softcover Publisher: Moore College of Art Date published: 1984

Description: Near Fine in none as issued jacket. Near Fine condition softcover catalog in pictorial black-and-white wraps created to accompany Viola Frey's July 1984 exhibition at Moore College of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the first of three shows on a traveling tour which also exhibited at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and the Erie Art Museum. Replete with black-and-white images of Frey's painting, ceramic, and assemblage art including images of the earlier installation at the Whitney Museum ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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John Piper: the Complete Graphic Works; a Catalogue Raisonne, 1923-1983; Etchings and Aquatints, Wood Engravings, Lithographs and Screenprints used book

John Piper: the Complete Graphic Works; a Catalogue Raisonne, 1923-1983; Etchings and Aquatints, Wood Engravings, Lithographs and Screenprints

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$135.00

Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Faber and Faber Date published: 1987 ISBN-13: 9780571149902 ISBN: 0571149901

Description: Fine in Fine jacket. A Fine First Edition, 12" x 8 ½." White cloth-covered boards with black text to spine. Original multicolored, illustrated dust wrapper in mylar included. Black-and-white spinal text on dust wrapper. Replete with illustrations of John Piper's graphic works in black-and-white and full-color. Cover and interior pristine and intact, bumped tips, a small bump at the bottom edge of the back cover, and slight bumping to the upper page corners at the fore-edge. Binding is tight. ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Marcel Janco used book

Marcel Janco

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$80.00

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Massadah Publishing Company Ltd Date published: 1962

Description: Fine in none as issued jacket. 11 ¾" x 9 ¼." Gray cloth-covered boards with original tipped-in color plate on front cover. Black lettering on spine. Covers clean and intact. No dust jacket as issued. Pages slightly age-toned, else pristine. Replete with beautiful tipped-in plates in black-and-white and full-color. In-text illustrations also included. 136 pp., including plates and illustrations. Catalog of some of Marcel Janco's artworks. Also included are writings about Janco by artists and ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Gertrudis Chale: Painter in the Andean World, Years 1934-1954 used book

Gertrudis Chale: Painter in the Andean World, Years 1934-1954

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$75.00

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: American Art Corp Date published: 2009 ISBN-13: 9780979086557 ISBN: 0979086558

Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. A Fine book in a Very Good dust wrapper. Bilingual Edition. Text in English and Spanish. 12 ½" x 9 ¼." Black cloth-covered boards in a black dust wrapper. Gilt lettering to front cover. White lettering on front panel and spine of dust wrapper. Pristine and intact except for minuscule bumping to tips. Dust wrapper clean and intact but has slight rubbing and edge wear. 222 pp., including many full-color plates. A comprehensive catalog featuring the artworks of Gertrudis ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Glory of Taiwan used book

Glory of Taiwan

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$60.00

Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications Date published: 1998 ISBN-13: 9789570227482 ISBN: 9570227486

Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Near Fine Translated by Earl Wieman and Anzai Mariko. Text in Chinese and English. Gilt lettering to front and back covers and spine. Wrap-around pictorial dust jacket and paper-covered slipcase, 14†x 1 ¼, †book measures 13 ¾â€ x 10. †Many color plates included, some fold-out into multiple panels. Dust jacket has minimal edgewear. Book, dust jacket, and slipcase are virtually pristine and intact. A Fine and rare copy in this condition, 173 pp. ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Amatoria Fine Art Books, CA, USA

Thomas Hirschhorn, Musee Precaire Albinet: Quartier Du Landy, Aubervilliers, 2004 used book

Thomas Hirschhorn, Musee Precaire Albinet: Quartier Du Landy, Aubervilliers, 2004

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$75.00

Binding: Paperback Publisher: Editions Xavier Barral Date published: 2005 ISBN-13: 9782915173093 ISBN: 2915173095

Description: Very Good. Very Good, First Edition thus, 10 3/4" x 7 1/2." White plastic wrappers with red lettering to front cover and spine. Back cover has black lettering, facsimile handwriting by Thomas Hirschhorn. A few marks to covers and one piece of tape residue on front cover. Else, clean and intact, binding tight. Replete with color illustrations of Hirchhorn's project during its progressive stages. Text block clean and unmarked. Unpaginated, 400 pp., including many illustrations and printed ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Tony Smith: Architect, Painter, Sculptor used book

Tony Smith: Architect, Painter, Sculptor

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$45.00

Edition: First Edition thus Binding: Hardcover Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art; Harry N. Abrams, Inc Date published: 1998 ISBN-13: 9780810961883 ISBN: 0810961881

Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. Fine, First Edition thus, 4to, 10" x 11 1/4." Black cloth over boards, blind stamped to cover, blue lettering to spine. Clean and unmarked, sharp tips, binding tight. Near Fine pictorial dust jacket with color photograph to front and painting to back cover. Slight rubbing to back panel, else, clean, intact and unmarked. Replete with photographs and reproductions of Tony Smith's work. 200 pp., including 237 illustrations (108 in color), Chronology, Selected ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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30 Ceramic Sculptors 1990 used book

30 Ceramic Sculptors 1990

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$25.00

Binding: Softcover Publisher: Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery Date published: 1990

Description: Very Good in none as issued jacket. Very Good in glossy black-and-white staple-bound wraps, black text to cover, 11" x 8 1/2". Catalog published in conjunction with the fourth annual Thirty Ceramic Sculptors show featuring thirty-two ceramic sculptors held at the Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery in Davis, California April 6 to May 3, 1990. 40pp. including a Foreword by John Natsoulas and a short bio with accompanying literary quote for each artist in the exhibition. From the Foreword: "We have ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Amatoria Fine Art Books, CA, USA