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Roni Horn and Thomas Kellein [Robert Montgomery]Biblio.com

Making Being Here Enough Installations from 1980 to 1995 with a unique handwritten poem by Scottish conceptual artist Robert Montgomery

1995réf. 017602Basel & Hannover: Kunsthalle & Kestner Gesellschaft 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardback. 26.5 × 21.5cm 104pp. Text in German and English. A unique and exceptional copy containing an original artist intervention. This volume features a significant early example of Scottish conceptual artist Robert Montgomery's signature billboard-style poetry. On page 7 Montgomery has hand-written a 10-line poem in thick black wax crayon utilizing his distinct romanticized elegiac meter. The inscription is signed "ROB - 14-MAY." vertically along the left-hand margin. The text reads: "IN EVERY DRINK / YOU CAN / MAKE HISTORY / LIKE A PRINCE / YOU HOST / EVERY MEMORY / DAWN'S DEVINE / LEGACY / OUR NIGHT TOGETHER / HEARTFELT." The handwriting perfectly mirrors the exact structural forms high-bar letter crossings and architectural cadence he utilizes for his famous large-scale public text installations and painted canvases. A magnificent cross-over object combining Roni Horn's conceptual space with Montgomery's physical studio hand. From a recent acquisition of books from the personal library of Robert Montgomery and Greta Bellamacina; please see our website for further books from this collection. Published on the occasion of Horn's major retrospective exhibition held at Kunsthalle Basel June 10 - August 27 1995 and the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover September 9 - October 29 1995. It documents fifteen years of her sculptural and installation work including works in lead gold and rubber. Illustrated with 26 colour plates. Condition: The book is in very good condition bar some very light spotting to the pages' top edge. The pages are clean and the inner binding secure. Robert Montgomery's work has some offsetting and crayon specks to the facing page but the text remains crisp and clear. Kunsthalle & Kestner Gesellschaft hardcover

Cox and Budge Books · Royaume-Uni950,00 £GB≈ 1 130,58 €

MARTIN, JOHN, Illustrator MONTGOMERY, ROBERTBiblio.com

THE SACRED ANNUAL: BEING THE MESSIAH A POEM

1834réf. ST12776bLondon: John Turrill 1834. Fourth Edition. 191 x 121 mm. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4". xi i pp. 2 leaves 300 pp. Appealing 19th century black straight-grain morocco covers with a gilt filigree and blind-rolled frame raised bands spine compartments gilt with curling cornerpieces and lancet tools radiating from a central circle black morocco label blind-rolled turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With extra chromolithographed "missal" title page woodcut tailpiece by John Franklin and 10 COLOR LITHOGRAPHS mounted on heavy stock three of these by John Martin The Temptation The Sermon on the Mount and The Remorse of Judas all lithographs with captioned tissue guards. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate bearing the motto "Soli Possumus Facere Nihil" front free endpaper with animated engraved bookplate of George Oliver Clark with the added inscription "To 'Nona' and Michele with 'Didi's' love - Jan. 21 1948." Joints a little rubbed part of the front joint with thin crack spine gilt a little muted corners very slightly worn but the binding without any serious condition issues and definitely pleasing. Isolated faint spots internally but the text and plates generally very clean and fresh. This verse retelling of the life of Christ is enhanced with very attractive color lithographs by leading illustrators and presented in a pleasing appropriately somber binding. Foremost among the illustrators represented is John Martin 1789-1854 who began his career modestly as a provincial painter of coats of arms on the coaches of the nobility and ended up being one of the most popular English artists of the 19th century. He studied under the Italian artist Bonifacio Musso and moved to London with his master in 1806. He first exhibited a painting at the Royal Academy in 1812 selling it for 50 guineas and this was followed by a series of other exhibited works most of them huge canvases showing classical or biblical themes some of which carried off substantial monetary prizes. Of particular note was his painting of "Belshazzar's Feast" for which he was awarded £200 in 1821. His illustrations for the present work stand out from the other plates by their scope and grandeur: while most of the other artists chose to portray more intimate scenes the figures in Martin's works are quite small surrounded by imposing mountains towers and sweeping clouds. Humanity is dwarfed by the awe-inspiring divine. In addition to being a painter Martin was a major mezzotint engraver and it was as an engraver that he became immensely popular with the public it was also as an engraver that he earned the largest share of his income. His mezzotint illustrations for American publisher Septimus Prowett's edition of Milton's "Paradise Lost" are perhaps his best and certainly his best-known works. The author of the present book Robert Montgomery 1807-55 was a great admirer of Martin lauding him as "a second Milton" and he was no doubt extremely pleased to have his work illustrated by such an artist. Montgomery rose from very humble beginnings to become a clergyman in the Church of England and a bestselling author of devotional texts. Although incurring the contempt of critics--one describing the author as "a byword for all that is vacant vague and inane"--Montgomery produced religious epics that found an enthusiastic readership among what DNB calls "a large and relatively new class of readers whose tastes and expectations were very different from those of the cultural élite." This work shows up in the marketplace occasionally but it is almost always found in a restored binding and/or in unpleasant condition. John Turrill unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis1 300,00 $US≈ 1 159,16 €

MARTIN, JOHN, Illustrator MONTGOMERY, ROBERTABAA

THE SACRED ANNUAL: BEING THE MESSIAH A POEM

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis1 300,00 $US≈ 1 159,16 €

HYDE, H Montgomery (1907-1989)Biblio.com

The Quiet Canadian. The Secret Service Story of Sir William Stephenson

réf. 65792London: Hamish Hamilton 1962. History FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY SIR WILLIAM STEPHENSON 'The real James Bond'. Octavo 22 x 15cm pp.255. Hardback in dust-wrapper with photographic illustrations. With signed presentation note to flyleaf; "For our friend / Steve Dwork / To remind him of his / brief but hardworking / sojourn here / with greetings and / good wishes / Wm Stephenson // Bermuda / Aug 10/72". A crisp fine copy in a fine dust-jacket. This is the story of British Espionage in New York during World War II in which Hyde as an MI6 agent was directly involved. Sir William aka 'Little' Bill or Intrepid Stephenson is the best known agent in the history of the British Secret Service. A former Great War ace fighter pilot he was chief of the British Security Coordination BSC during WWII. The BSC office in New York became an umbrella organisation which by the end of the war represented the British intelligence agencies MI5 MI6 SIS or Secret Intelligence Service SOE Special Operations Executive and PWE Political Warfare Executive. Stephenson was one of the few people in the hemisphere authorised to view raw 'Ultra' codebreaking transcripts of the German Enigma ciphers from Bletchley Park aka Station X which contributed greatly to the Allied success in defeating the U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic. After Pearl Harbour and the American entry into war Stephenson formed the covert operations Camp X in Whitby Ontario where from 1941-1945 Allied agents from the SOE OSS and FBI were trained to be dropped behind enemy lines as saboteurs and spies. Graduates of Camp X included five future directors of the CIA and reputedly Ian Fleming. The area is known today as Intrepid Park. There's so much more but we'll leave the last word about Stephenson to the creator of 007: "James Bond is a highly romanticised version of a true spy. The real thing is. William Stephenson" -Ian Fleming The Times October 21 1962. Gilbert p.519. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962 unknown

Adrian Harrington Rare Books · Royaume-Uni975,00 £GB≈ 1 160,33 €

Martin, R MontgomeryBiblio.com

THE BRITISH COLONIES; Their History Extent Condition and Resources. Ten volumes

réf. 002941The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. These ten volumes date between 1850 and 1860. Gold decorated spines and front cover. Blind embossed decoration on the front and back covers. Volume I Book 1: 12 xxiv 1-168 pages British North America Book I - Eastern and Western Canada. Missing the spine. 4 engravings 4 double page maps. Volume I Book 2: 12 from page 169 to 336; 4 engravings and two double page maps. Volume I Book 3: 16 from 361 to 568; Austral-Asia - Island Continent; spine missing a piece 3 engravings and 2 fold out maps. Volume I Book 4: 12 from 569 to 744 pages; 3 engravings 3 double page maps. Division V Book 5 16 from page 1 to 192; Islands in the Southern Pacific; 3 engravings 4 double page maps one loose; spine is loose hinges cracked. Book 6 Division VI 16 from page 193 to 384; 2 engravings 4 maps; missing 2 inches on the spine hinges cracked. Division VII Book 7; 12 from page 1 to 208 5 double page maps 1 engraving. Division VIII Book 8 British Possessions in the West Indies and in Southern and Central America; 12 188 pages; one engraving 5 double page maps; spine cracked. Division IX Book 9; British Possessions in Asia 12 from page 1 to 180 3 engravings 3 double page maps. Division X Book 10: 12 from 183 to 372 pages; 3 engravings 3 double page maps. The covers are all soiled. Brown water marks on some pages. Top and tails of the spines are all worn. The 35 hand painted maps were drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin and hand coloured in outline are decorated with scenes animals official seals and are with ornate borders all engraved by J. Rogers or R. Wallis after illustrations by H. Warren. This is a heavy set and may require additional shipping charges. Size: 7.5 x 11.25 The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited hardcover

Beacon Books · Canada1 420,00 $US≈ 1 266,16 €

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