CLASSIC BOOK JACKETS THE DESIGN LEGACY OF GEORGE SLATER PRINCETON ARCH .PRESS 2005 200 PGS 8 1/4 X 9 3/4 INCLUDES OVER 200 JACKETS SLATER DESIGNED FOR AUTHORS SUCH AS JACK LONDON , JOHN DES POSSES AND MANY OTHER FAMOUS WRITERS BOOK IN FINE CONDITION [ART] View More...
Massive oversized books in very nice condition. Published in 1962, 1963 and 1964. High quality with many tipped-in plates. Books themselves are pristine with no names or writing and measure 10"x14". Matching blue boards on all are clean and unbumped. Jackets are likewise quite good, but each has one glitch aside from small areas of minor isolated edgewear. One shows a triangular tear to crown of spine, a longish closed tear to front which can only faintly be seen; and one has creases to endflaps. All are handsome in brand new mylar. In addition to the beautiful illustration which numbe... View More...
Crisp, as new book -- doubtful it is has ever been read. Both slipcase and book are pristine and beautiful with just one small abrasion at top back edge of slipcase. Book contains a large four-page leaflet laid-in. Handsomely illustrated throughout with drawings and historical photographs. Ample text written in ENGLISH. This is a very large book measuring 10"x13-3/4" with 175 pages. View More...
A gorgeous feast of a book for Bloomsbury fans (like us!) who can't get enough of the outrageous artists and writers who comprised one of the most fascinating creative groups in literary and artistic history. This book is a treasure. Not only does it include reproductions of the drop-dead beautiful art and great vintage photos, but it also explores the complicated relationships of the players, their interior decorating disasters, their grand entertainments, and, of course, their intimate moments. There are one hundred images in all, including eighty color plates. Crisp and clean inside and out... View More...
268 PGS OF TEXT AND COLOR PHOTOS ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF ARTIST EVELYN METZGER THE STORY OF HER LIFE OF WEALTH AND LUXURY A HER LIFE OF ART BOOK IS GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT COVER CREASED AT HINGE TOP CORNER BUMPED View More...
Book itself is clean and attractive with a small amoutn of light foxing to first few pages only. No bumping to boards and no names or writing. Dustjacket shows one short tear to bottom front edge and a few tiny ones at upper back and one very tiny chip to crown of spine. Is most handsome in brand new mylar. Includes an English translation to the German text laid-in -- very clean copy.. Beautiful art tipped in with lovely fold-out at center. 135 pages. Uses the visual arts to trace the history of how man moved large loads from place to place over five thousand years View More...
Crisp brand new books in a pristine slipcase. Very attractive design and much information about the the original museum which led us ultimately to today's museum which is a contemporary work of art in itself. The books measure 8-3/4" x 11-1/2" and are illustrated with black and white photographs. Between the two volumes there are 297 pages. View More...
Beautiful art book which looks bright as new. No defect of note and not even a price-clip. Jacket will arrive in a brand new mylar cover. The book measures 9" x 11- 1/.4" and has 157 pristine pages.What makes this book unique is it's format. Many distinguished members of the art community were interviewed to discuss Turrell's work and technique. Contributors include Craig Adcock, Julia Brown, John Coplans, Edy de Wilde, . Craig Hodgetts, Lucebert, Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, Jim Simmerman, James Turrell and Theodore F. Wolff. View More...
Crisp, clean book which may not have been read. There are no bumps to the boards, no names or writing, no remainder mark, and no priceclip. Tharp doesn't believe that creativity is a gift form the gods. She believes in preparation and effort and the willingness to make creativity a habit. Over a 35 year-plus career she has designed 30 exercises that can get your internal artist workign again. The book measures 7-1/4" x 9-1/4", has 243 pages and will arrive in a brand new mylar cover. View More...
This is a new artist to me, but he has been around Ohio a long time. Born in Steubenville, graduated from college at Ohio University in Athens with a BFA and MFA degrees, and has exhibited heavily in Cleveland, as well as other places including -- Youngstown, Michigan Pennsylvania, Japan, Canada, Chicago, New York City and more. The colors of these paintings are gorgeous and the works in their completion were inspired by Alexander Pope's poem Windsor Forest. The catalog measures 9" square and has a separate invitation laid-in inviting gallery goers to the opening of the exhibit and a reception... View More...
Crisp, clean copy of an oversized softcover measuring 9-1/4"x12".Full page art primarily featuring Vallejo's fantasy women -- many nudes. Intro by his wife Doris with accompanying short poems by her as well. Unpaginated. Also available is Vallejo's Fantasy Art Techniques. View More...
Beautifully kept book with wrap-around cover art illustrating both boards and spine. Only fault is a little bit of rubbing to spots at spine.The black slipcase is also sturdy, clean and attractive. Only fault to it is a small piece of outer paper missing at bottom corner. The underpaper is likewise black, though not shiny as the other is, but still looks quite acceptable. The book itself has a pristine yellow inked top edge, immaculate pages and page edges, and no names or writing. Book inside its case measures 6-1/2" x 10" and has 378 pages. A legthy text is augmented by color plates... View More...
IN THE EARLY , PART OF THE 1900'S A COMMERCIAL ILLUSTRATOR SO CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF AMERICA THAT HER PRINTS APPEARED IN ALMOST EVERY HOME. HER FAME SPREAD WORLDWIDE, YET HER NAME IS ABSENT FROM THE ANNALS OF AMERICAN ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATOES , SHE HAS BEEN DUBBED THE FORGOTTEN ARTIST . NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME , THE LIFE AND ART OF BESSIE PEASE GUTMANN (1876-1960) ARE PRESENTED BIOGRAPHICALLY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK FULL OF HER LIFE AND WORK View More...
A LARGE QUALITY PAPER BACK OF 664 PGS. WITH LIMITED TEXT AND A WIDE RANGE OF KANDINSKY'S WORK IN COLOR AND B.&W. BOOK HAS BEEN HANDLED BUT IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT View More...
Book itself is clean and well kept with no names or writing and tightly bound. Jacker shows chipping to extremities and overall edgewear, but remains intact, has not been price-clipped, and is most handsome in brand new mylar. Book measures 7-1/2"x10-1/4". Color illustration at frontis and numerous black and white plates at back of book. Covers 17th century potters, James Kettle, the provincial potters of Charlestown, the introduction of stoneware by Grace Parker, redware, excavations on the Bayley sites of 1723-1799, the Osborns of Danvers, the Quaker potters of Bristol Co., stoneware... View More...
Crisp and clean inside and out with no names or writing, no spine crease, and pisrtine pages throughout, including the covers.Tthe book measures 9" x 10" and has 218 pages. Book is an art exhibition catalog published to accompany the art which was on view from October 6, 1979 to January 13, 1980.Photographs abound, some in color, and many more in black and white at back of the book. There are also two essays, "Cincinannati As An Art Center 1830-1865 and Frank Nuveneck and the Art Life of Cincinnati 1865-1900. Beautiful. View More...
Very clean, atrractive book designed without dustjacket. No names or writing and no bumps to boards. Measures 8-1/2" x 12", has 79 pages, and is printed on quality coated paper. Illustrated throughout with both black and white and color photographs. Text is in both German and English. The artist's works stress the relationship between art and science including such areas as physics, biology, economics, and anthropology, as well as the new interdisciplinary theories about morphic fields and complex systems. Includes essays by three authors. A rather scarce title. View More...
These are examples of beautiful and informative art catalogs. There's a large one that's like a book and another thin one to augment it. The smaller one is most common,. but usually it doesn't include the over pages protecting the cover as shown here. There is much to read in the large book which features full page tipped-in color art in addition to that which is printed on the page primarily in black and white. The catalog measures 8"x10-1/2" and is very clean and tightly bound. Cover is plain white and pristine, designed with a dustjacket which shows a small horizonal crease to lo... View More...
Very beautful, quality book measuring 9"x12", printed on coated paper, and illustrated with full page, full color high defintiion prhotography. Includes an intro to four archaic bronze objects, a conservation report on a late Eastern Zhou dynasty inlaid bronze hianhu, a later Warring States period inlaid hu, a conservation report on a late Warring States period inlaid bronze, a chronological table, a selected biography and institution listings. No, tears or chips, no names or writing. Jacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. View More...
Crisp, clean, as new book. Appears unread -- no spine crease and no names or writing. Pristine inside and out. Printed on quality coated paper which is quite heavy. 314 illustrations, 256 of which are in color. Book is slightly oversized at 9" x 10-1/4" and has 327 pages including a lengthy index. Book was printed to accompany an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Delaware Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art, all of which took place in 2004. Text covers the topic as it pertained to the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Scandinavia, Belgium, France and th... View More...