Lovely book -- very clean and tightly bound with no spine crease and no names or writing. Measures 10"x10-1/2". NOT a remainder. A lovely monograph of the work of an artist who explores the themes of isolation and dehuminization in the modern world. Art in both color and black and white.144 pages. View More...
The simple design on the front cover catches the eye, as do the paintings inside the book of which there are 39 in color and one in black and white.The text is a short story by Gary Indiana, but most of the pages are showcases for the art which are colored in jewel-like hues. Much depth and a contemporary outcome. The artist painted women in various rooms and in different clothing, or in the lack thereof. The book is large at 10" x 13" and has 74 pages. It's very clean with just a mild little crease to lower front corner. View More...
Crisp, clean book with no defect of note. No bumps to boards, no chips or tears to jacket, and NOT a remainder. Contains 48 illustrations in full color and approximately 60 in black and white. Book provides a detailed look at De Kooning's life and work, plus statements from the artist and a look at his technique. Book measures 8-3/4" x 11-1/4" and has 136 pages. Part of the Abbeville Modern Masters series in which all titles stand alone. View More...
A sumptuous feast of a book in like new condition. No defect, no names or writing, and jacket in brand new mylar cover. Gift worthy. Measures 10-1/2"square and has 408 pages replete with 500 illusrtrations, a full half of whcih are in full color. Text is deivided into chronological sections -- 1800-1820, 1820-1840, 1840-1860; 1860-1880, and 1880-1900. Covers the town house, the country house, the conservatory, and the cottage.Not a "fluff book" -- serious information. View More...
Nice clean, tightly bound guidebook designed for tourist trrade. Strong graphic design in full color to face and full page black and white photograph at back. Measures 7"x9-1/2", printed on coated paper and contains wonderful full-page photos at back -- 32 in all. Also contains three laid-in items -- one which contains numerous small drawings of various Greek vases, one a map of Ephesus and one a map of the northern area of Delos. Guidebook consists of 37 pages followed by the pages opf photos. Only defect is light edgewear. View More...
Lovely copy, spiral bound to lie flat. Toning to edges of paper on covers and flat creasing to bottom back corner in two places. Pages pristine. No names or writing. Gorgeous illustrations of prints from the exihibition at back of book in black and white. Each entry describes the print and offers a great deal of information on each artist's life and methodology. Catalog measures 8"x9" and focuses on 63 prints. View More...
Crisp, as new book with no names or writing, no remainder mark, no tears or chips and no bumps. Has not been price-clipped and is most handsome in brand new mylar cover. CD is still in envelope at back pastedown. A survey of Cleveland's contributions to art and architecture which arose from the Cleveland Artists Foundation's Daialogue Series which was a 22 hour-long collection of forums held in cultural institutions and on NPR. Book is beautifully illustrated. Measures 9"x11-3/4" and is printed on quality coated paper. 158 pages. SIGNED and inscribed by author thus, " For ... Enjoy! Nina Giban... View More...
Very handscome book -- clean as a whistle inside and out. No bumps to textured black boards and pages and page edges are pristine.Jacket shows a smalll bit of sunning to pink area next to spine at front cover (see photo) and a few very tiny chips at front corners, but otherwise is without fault. SIGNED on front free endpaper by author thus, "To -----, and to all future challenges. Nina. 2/83". An interesting history of a movement which took its road map from the fields of health and welfare. Book is a thirty year retrospective as well as an anlaysis of programs and practices. 341 page... View More...
Very handsome oversized book -- like new and beautifully bound with French wraps. Text is in both English and German. Book measures 9-3/4" x 12-1/2" with 302 pages. There are no names or writing, no spine crease, and pristine pages throughout. Illustratred profusely with historic photograophs -- printed in sepia and quite large.Text is at front, but most of the content is photography with captions. Photos cover Turkey, Egypt, Mecca, Yemen, Ceylon, India, Berman, Singapore and Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Korea and Japan. View More...
A LARGE FORMAT BOOK WITH THE ARTIST'S COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY AND 428 ILLUSTRATIONS ,63 IN COLOR MANY FULL PAGE BIERSTADT STUDIED IN GERMANY THEN WENT TO THE AMERICAN WEST IN 1859 TO RECORD A VANISHING WORLD. BEAUTIFUL BOOK ,VERY GOOD CONDITION, D.J. HAS SMALL CHIP LOWER FRONT AND MINOR MARKS ON BACK View More...
Beautiful art book with illustrated saturated color images of the artist's work. The book is crisp and clean as new with no names or writing. The dustjacket shows a bit of scratching, but there are no tears or chips and it is protected by brand new mylar. Measures 9-1/2" x 11-1/2" and has 159 pages. Very attractive green toned pictorial endpapers add to the overall look. Book is printed on quality coated paper throughout. and was published as an accompaniment to a traveling exhibit .Includes the following essays: Audrey Flack's Symbolic Realism; Reflections In A Mirror -- The Self Portraits... View More...
ITEM # 6057 LEWIS CARROLL BY GRAHAM OVENDEN PUB 1984 BY MACDONALD & CO 64 PGS 10 1/2 X 12 CARD COVER PART OF THE MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES , THIS VOL CENTERS ON LEWIS CARROLL WHOS REAL NAME WAS CHARLES DODGSON , ONE OF A GROUP OF VERY EARLY AMETEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO SET HIGH STANDARDS IN THIS NEW FIELD TEXT AND MANY OF HIS PHOTOS TELL HIS STORY BOOK IN FINE CONDITION CLEAN AND BRIGHT [ PHOTO SHELVES ] View More...
Crisp, beautiful, as new. Book is pristine -- without defect. Lavishly illustrated throughout in full color with extensive English text. Third volume in series. A compiliation of essays by various authors covering the fresoces of the 16th century, a period when Italian mural painters reached new heights of excellence in both style and iconography. 251 pages. Simply splendid. View More...
A ROOM OF THEIR OWN : THE BLOOMSBURY ARTISTS IN AMERICAN COLLECTIONS, FEATURES PAINTINGS, PRINTS DRAWINGS ,DECORATIVE ARTS,AND DESIGNS,BOOKS FROM THE HOGARTH PRESS, AND OTHER WORKS THAT EXEMPLIFY THE BREADTH AND STRENGTH 0F THEIR COMPLEX ARTISTIC OUTPUT AND EXAMINS THEIR RESPONSES TO THE ISSUES OF WAR INDUSTRY ,SUFFERAGE AND THE ENVIROMENT View More...
Very handsome book, nicely bound with heavy blue card covers and a clean white spine. No names or writing, no bumps to boards, and tightly bound. Designed without dustjacket. Measures 6-1/2"x9" and has 79 pages. Translated to ENGLISH. All works presented in full color. Paintings are by self-taught artists whose work is also known as outsider art. Black and white photos of earch artist at front with each telling his or her story oppsosite the painitngs. Quite beautiful. Book also contains a small catalgue of Candian naive painters laid-in. Descriptions translated to English, but issued with no... View More...
Crisp, clean book, very nicely kept. No bumps to boards and pages and pages edges pristine. Jacket shows no tears or chips and is most hndnsome in brand new mylar Only fault is blank bookplate to front pastedown. Book measures 9-1/2"x12-1/4" and is elegantly illustrated throughout with many full page photographs. Fifty-nine funerary memorials from the Classical and Hellenistic periods described and pictured. 158 pages. Indexed. View More...
ITEM 7777 A WALK WITH ME BY GWEN FOSTIC ORIGINAL ART AND POETRY BY FOSTIC . PAINTINGS OF NATURE SCENES AND POEMS ON OUR PLACE IN NATURE BOOK IN FINE CONDITION [ POETRY ] View More...
ITEM # 5864 A PLACE ON EARTH BY GWEN FROSTIC 58 PGS 6 1/4 X 9 3/4 HARD BACK ORIGINAL POETRY AND ART BY THE AUTHOR PRESENTED IN A BEAUTIFUL VOL , A PLEASURE TO SEE AND READ LAYED IN IS BUSINESS CARD FROM THE ARTISTS STUDIO FINE , AS NEW CONDITION NO DJ AS ISSUED [ POETRY ] View More...
ITEM # 7908 DANCESSENCE BY HAL EASTMAN PUB BY PEREGRINE IMAGES 2009 76 PGS 9 1/4 X 11 1/2 CARD COVER WITH UNIQUE D.J. FULL PAGE IMAGES OF DANCERS IN MOTION . A SOLID BLACK BACK GROUND AND A SLOW SHUTTER SPEED CREATES A BEAUTIFUL OTHER WORLDLY RESULT WHEN I FIRST SAW THEM I THOUGHT THEY WERE PAINTINGS . VERY SPECIAL DUST JACKET, TEXTURED GREY PAPER ,NO LETTERING ON SPINE , A PIECE OF ART IN ITS SELF BOOK AND D.J. IN FINE CONDITION [PHOTOGRAPHY ] View More...
Crisp, BRAND NEW copy. Gorgeous with elegant French wraps. Beautifully illustratred in full color with one example per full page. Published to accompany a traveling exhibit. Over 60 works in all, each described, plus the essay -- "Seeing Beautifully; A Vision of the Whole" by Eliza E. Rathbone. 160 pages. View More...
