Note that you may find newer or older editions and reprints with different ISBN numbers. Collections of drawings by individual artists are listed under Artists, and those of various artists listed under Collections.
ANATOMY, FIGURE & HEAD/PORTRAIT DRAWING
Drawing Course Charles Bargue & Jean-Leon Gerome, 2-86770-166-X, Available through the Dahesh Museum of Art, www.daheshmuseum.org
Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life George B. Bridgman, 0-517-255464
Human Anatomy for Artists Elliot Goldfinger, 0-19-505206-4
Albinus on Anatomy 0-486-25836-X Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters, Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters, Master Class in Figure Drawing 0-8230-0224-1, Robert Beverly Hale (All four books)
Drawing the Head & Figure Jack Hamm, GD/Perigee Books, 0-399-50791-4
Drawing the Human Head or Heads/2 Walter Foster Pub., 1-56010-009-5 Figure Drawing for All It's Worth Viking Press 1943, Andrew Loomis, Loomis books are available online at www.alexhays.com/loomis
The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the Head William L. Maughan, Watson-Guptill, 0-8230-0359-0
Atlas of Human Anatomy Dr. Frank H. Netter, 0-914168-81-9
Artistic Anatomy Dr. Paul Richer, 0-8230-0297-7
The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing Anthony Ryder, Watson-Guptill, 2004, 0-8230-0303-5
Handbook of Anatomy for Art Students Arthur A.Thomson, 0-486-21163-0
The Human Figure John H. Vanderpoel, 0-486-20432-4
DRAWING: GENERAL
Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes Jack Hamm, GD/Perigee Books, 1982
The Frank Reilly School of Art Doug Higgins, virtualbookworm.com, 978-1-60264-031-3
Successful Drawing Andrew Loomis, Viking Press 1951, Loomis books are available online at www.alexhays.com/loomis
The Ted Kautzky Pencil Book Ted Kautzky, Combined Edition, Van Nostrand Rheingold, 1979
COMPOSITION
Practical Pictorial Composition E.G. Lutz, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1926
Composition Made Easy William Palluth, Walter Foster Publishing, original version or newer reprint 0-929261-43-7
Composition of Outdoor Painting Edgar Payne, Payne Studios, 2000 reprint, 0-944699-02-2
Composition in Art Henry Rankin Poore, 0-486-23358-8 reprint, Both the original and the softcover reprint by Dover are worth owning.
Creative Painting Leonore Sherman, Walter Foster Publishing
PAINTING: FIGURE & PORTRAIT
Portraits from Life in 29 Steps John Howard Sanden, North Light, 1-58180-582-9
Jean-Honore Fragonard Jean Montague Massengale, Harry N. Abrams, 1993, 0-8109-3313-6
Frederick, Lord Leighton: Eminent Victorian Artist Royal Academy of Arts/Abrams, 1996, 0-8109-3578-3
Lord Leighton Russell Ash, Pavilion, 1995, 1-85793-732-5
The Complete Works of Michelangelo Barnes & Noble, Reprinted in 1996, 0-7607-0263-2
Michelangelo Drawings Paul Joannides, Louvre Drawing Gallery Musee du Louvre, Paris; 2003 88-7439-036-X Small, but has color reproductions
The Language of the Body: The Drawings of Pierre-Paul Prud'hon John Elderfield, Abrams, 1996, 0-810-93585-6Learn from the artwork--ignore the misguided text
The Complete Works of Raphael Artabras, Harrison House, 1969 0-517-254422-0
Rubens: A Master in the Making Jotte & McGrath, Yale University Press, 2005, 1857093712
Peter Paul Rubens: Man & Artist Christopher White, Yale University Press, 1987, 0-300-03778-3
Peter Paul Rubens: The Decius Mus Cycle Reinhold Baumstark, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, 0-87099-394-1
Rembrandt: The Painter at Work Willem Diepraam, Amsterdam University Press, 2000, 0-520-22668-2
The Rembrandt Book Gary Schwartz, Harry N. Abrams, 2006, 0-8109-4317-4
John Singer Sargent Kate F. Jennings, Crescent Books, 1991, 0-517-05238-5
John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes 1874-1882 Richard Ormond & Elaine Kilmurray, 2006, Yale University Press, 0-300-11716-7
John Singer Sargent: The Early Portraits Richard Ormond & Elaine Kilmurray, 1998, Yale University Press, 0-300-07245-7
John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890's Richard Ormond & Elaine Kilmurray, 2002, Yale University Press, 0-300-09067-6
John Singer Sargent: The Later Portraits Richard Ormond & Elaine Kilmurray, 2003, Yale University Press, 0-300-09806-5
John Singer Sargent Carter Ratcliff, Artabras, 1990, 0-89660-014-9
Theodore Clement Steele: An American Master of Light William H. Gerdts, Chameleon Books, 1995, 0-915829-66-5
Painting Techniques of the Masters - Hereward Lester Cooke, 0-8230-3863-7
The Classic Point of View Old Masters and New - Kenyon Cox, Fox, Duffield & Co.
Twilight of Painting - R.H. Ives Gammell, Reprinted in softcover
The Story of Art - E.H. Gombrich, Phaidon Press, 1995, 0-13-440199-9
The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art - Roger Kimball, Encounter Books, 2004, 1-893554-86-4
Anatomy of Genius: A Guide to Understanding and Intelligent Judging of Paintings - Frederic Taubes, Mead, 1948, B0007DY73Q, Other editions are available
From Bauhaus to Our House - 0-553-38063-X, Tom Wolfe
The Painted Word 0-553-25734-X, Tom Wolfe
Principles of Art History - Dover reprint, 0-486-20276-3
Classic Art - Dover reprint, Heinrich Wolfflin
Styles in Painting: A Comparative Study - Paul Zucker, Dover reprint, 0-486-20760-9