Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include:
Charles E. Fairman. ART AND ARTISTS OF THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1927. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards, no jacket. 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.; 526pp. (Good condition with expected edgewear to boards, corners and head and tail rubbed, spine sunned, wear to gilt lettering; sturdy binding; toning to interior with foxing mostly at edges.)
Alex Doster III, et al., eds. THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF INVENTION. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1978. Third printing. Hardcover. Black cloth-covered boards, in jacket. 11 x 9 1/4 in.; 256pp. (Very good with edgewear and light grime to boards; clean interior with minor foxing at edges; jacket lightly scuffed and toned, head of spine rubbed.)
Edwards Park. TREASURES OF THE SMITHSONIAN. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth-covered boards, in jacket. 12 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.; 470pp. (Very good with light wear and grime to boards, slight separation from textblock; interior clean with one small stain and minor foxing at top edge; jacket scuffed.)
Margaret B. Rennolds, ed. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987. Paperback. 11 3/4 x 9 in.; 253pp. (Good to very good; wraps with scuffing and edgewear, interior with marks and small edge stains.)
Carol M. Highsmith and Ted Landphair. EMBASSIES OF WASHINGTON. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1992. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards, in jacket. 11 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.; 111pp. (Near fine in very good dj; boards pristine, sturdy binding; light marks on half title; jacket scuffed.)
Bernard F. Reilly, Jr., et al. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1995. Paperback. 9 x 9 in.; 80pp. (About very good; wraps with edgewear, corners bumped with one bent; light interior foxing.)
Barbara A. Wolanin. CONSTANTINO BRUMIDI: ARTIST OF THE CAPITOL. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998. Paperback. 11 x 8 1/2 in.; 254pp. Signed by Wolanin on title page. (About good; wraps lightly scuffed with edgewear, small tears and loss at edges, with large taped tear to front cover; occasional scuffing, small stain, and offsetting to interior.)
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay. A MUSEUM OF THEIR OWN: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS. New York: Abbeville Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards, in jacket. 11 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.; 240pp. (Near fine copy with pristine interior and light marks and scuffs to jacket.)
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.