PBA Galleries

Quarto or octavo, cloth or boards except as noted.

Six are signed and/or inscribed Merle Armitage, some are inscribed by the authors or subjects.

• Armitage,Merle. The Aristocracy of Art: An Address Before the California Art Club Open Forum Los Angeles. Armitage’s copy, with his bookplate. Wrappers (partially split along spine), in custom half morocco folder. One of 500 copies, typography by Grant Dahlstrom. Jake Zeitlin, 1929.
• The Progress of Edward O’Brien: Painter into Artist as Recorded by Margaret Phillips and Merle Armitage.  Designed by Armitage.  Inscribed by Armitage. Wrappers (a bit soiled). Manzanita Press, 1964.
• Armitage, Merle, et al. 5 Essays on Klee. Unbound test copy inscribed to that effect on the first leaf (which would be the recto of the front pastedown in the bound book) by Armitage; additionally signed by Armitage in the colophon, the edition of 1050 copies designed by Armitage. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1950.
• Armitage, Merle, et al. 5 Essays on Klee. Signed by Armitagein the colophon, the edition of 1050 copies designed by Armitage. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1950.
• Jewell, Edward Alden. Have We an American Art? Designed and with an article on E.A.J. by Merle Armitage. Wrappers. Longman’s Green, 1939.
• Armitage, Merle, et al. Millard Sheets. Frontispiece from photograph by Edward Weston. Original signed lithograph by Sheets + 28 plates reproducing his work. Designed by Armitage. Jacket.  Dalzell Hatfield, 1935.​
• Armitage, Merle. Sculpture of Boris Lovet-Lorski. Designed by Armitage. Inscribed by Armitage. One of 500 copies. E. Weyhe, 1937.
• Armitage, Merle. The Sculpture of Frances Rich.  Inscribed by Rich. Jacket. Manzanita Press, 1974.
• Danz, Louis. Dynamic Dissonance in Nature and the Arts. Designed by Merle Armitage. Inscribed by Armitage. Jacket (lightly stained, price clipped).  Farrar, Strauss & Young, [1952].
• Danz, Louis. Personal Revolution and Picasso. Foreword by Merle Armitage. Designed by Armitage. Inscribed by Danz. Jacket (spine faded, price clipped). Longmans, Green, 1941.
• Danz, Louis. The Psychologist Looks at Art. Designed by Armitage. Inscribed by Danz. Jacket (spine a bit rubbed, price clipped). Longmans, Green, 1937.​
• Danz, Louis. Zazrathustra Jr. Speaks of Art. Foreword by Merle Armitage. Designed by Armitage. Inscribed by Danz. Paper over boards. (spine darkened, wear at ends.) Brentano’s, 1934.
• Bear, Donald. Russell Cowles: Forty-eight reproductions of paintings and twenty letters by the artist. Designed Merle Armitage. Jacket. One of 1000 copies signed by the artist. Dalzell Hatfield, [1946].​
• Armitage, Merle. So-Called Abstract Art. Designed by Armitage. Inscribed by Armitage. Wrappers (a bit darkened). E. Weyhe, 1930.