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2008ref. 180143Berlin Germany: Berlin Story Verlag 2008. Softcover. VG. light edge-wear & rubbing to corners. interior clean. oblong wrappers w/ bw cover illustration & red printing. 128 pgs w/ bw illustrations. DVD included to back cover pastedown. Text in English. A fascinating photographic tour of life behind and beyond the Berlin Wall. DVD never opened. Berlin Story Verlag paperback books
1987ref. 180394New York City: Vendome Press : Distributed in the U.S. by Rizzoli International Publications 1987. Hardcover. VG slight wear on dj. Green illustrated dj; black cloth covers with gilt letterung and seal. 268 pages : illustrations some color. "The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection."/ Includes bibliographical references pages 260-261 and index. Vendome Press : Distributed in the U.S. by Rizzoli International Publications hardcover books
1925ref. 180824London: At the Office of the Fleuron 1925. Hardcover. Good foxing on block and end pages text and illustrations are otherwise very clean. Dust jacket has soiling and overall wear. Green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; light gray dust jacket with red lettering 164 pp 18 bw illustrations. Contents include: On Script Types; Robert Bridges George Moore Bernard Shaw and Printing; The Typographical Work of Percy Smith; Contemporary Printers: II. Emery Walker; Tendencies in German Book-Printing Since 1914; On the Work of Bruce Rogers; Book Reviews; Typographical Reviews. In addition to the illustrations in the text there is a collotype plate facing page 30. At the Office of the Fleuron hardcover books
2005ref. 180944Ireland: Coracle Press 2005. Softcover. VG almost as new light shelf wear at corners. -Light gray wraps with orange lettering and black ink illustration a numbered copy - #47 of an edition of 200 copies 24 unnumbered pages bw illustrations. A collection of poems by Simon Cutts with accompanying prints by artist Erica Van Horn. A numbred copy - #47 of 200 copes. Coracle Press paperback books
1996ref. 181271University Park PA: Pennsylvania State University Press 1996. Softcover. VG slight crease in spine and minor shelf wear. Green wraps with bw photo and white lettering on cover and spine xxii 277 pp. few bw illustrations. "In many ways Henry W. Shoemaker 1880-1958 embodies the spirit of the Progressive movement in America. A prominent reformist newspaper publisher in Pennsylvania he used his wealth and position inherited from industrialism to promote the preservation of America's wilderness and native cultures . For this book the first full-length biography of Shoemaker Simon Bronner has located never-before-available private papers and interviewed many people who knew Shoemaker. Included are rare photographs and a sampler of Shoemaker stories. Bronner shows that Shoemaker deserves attention in any assessment of public history conservation history and Progressive Era politics." - from back of book. Pennsylvania State University Press paperback books
1904ref. 176935Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co 1904. Hardcover. Good overall wear and staining to boards library bookplate inside front cover light foxing to block edges age toning to end pages and page edges as expected with age pages are otherwise clear. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine bw frontispiece xvii 216 pages illustrated in bw throughout. Contents include: Introduction The Queen Anne School; The Chippendales; Matthias Darly; The Chippendale School; The Brothers Adam; The Adam School; Harewood House Yorkshire. Stourhead Bath and Rowton Castle Salop; The Helpplewhite School; Thomas Sheraton; The Sheraton School; Lacquer-Ware; Old English Looking-Glasses; Hints to Collectors and Opinions of an Expert; Glossary of Terms; Appendix and Index. Includes list of 61 illustrations. George W. Jacobs & Co hardcover books
2002ref. 176989London: Simon Ray Gallery 2002. Softcover. VG corners lightly bumped. Color illustrated wraps with silver lettering 145 pp profusely illustrated in color. Price list tipped in. Catalogue of exhibition held Monday 22nd April 2002 to Friday 17th May 2002. Includes bibliographical references. Simon Ray Gallery paperback books
2004ref. 177520San Francisco/ New York: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/ Thames & Hudson 2004. Softcover. VG light foxing to upper block and end pages light shelfwear to wraps text and illustrations clean. Color illustrated wraps with tan lettering aqua spine with white lettering 304 pp profusely illustrated in mostly color. "Written by leading authorities and including thirteen personal accounts of the latest ground-breaking research Courtly Arts of the Ancient Maya examines the royal courts and their art in unprecedented depth. Color photographs and specially commissioned drawings reveal a dazzling array of objects that still have the power to engage and astonish observers centuries after their creation." "The book investigates the rise in the importance of the court its mythical backdrop the role of women and the place of warfare. The works of artists and scribes - ceramic censers stucco heads jade masks terracotta figurines stone boxes and great carved limestone lintels - bring alive the form texture and color of their vanished world."--Jacket. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya; National Gallery of Art Washington 4 April-25 July 2004; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco California Palace of the Legion of Honor 4 September 2004-2 January 2005"--Title page verso./ Includes bibliographical references pages 285-290 and index. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/ Thames & Hudson paperback books
1988ref. 178584New York: Ingber Gallery 1988. Softcover. VG light wear to wraps several numbers are written in ink on title page pages are otherwise very clean-. Pale gray wraps with color illustrations and black lettering 48 pp profusely illustrated in color and bw. Catalog of an exhibition held May 3-May 28 1988. Ingber Gallery paperback books
2007ref. 174768New York: Granary Books 2007. Paperback. VG. Teal wraps with black and white lettering. 74 pp. Text only. A collection of Cutts's poems with titles and information presented as footnotes. Granary Books paperback books
2006ref. 175310London/Cambridge Mass: Hayward Gallery/MIT Press 2006. Softcover. As new in shrinkwrap. Black and white illustrated wraps yellow spine with black lettering 271 pp richly illustrated in bw and color. "Undercover Surrealism is the first major survey of DOCUMENTS the radical surrealist magazine published in France in 1929 and 1930 and edited by the avant-garde philosopher and novelist Georges Bataille. DOCUMENTS combined an eclectic mixture of art archaeology ethnography and popular culture drawing in many of the greatest writers poets and artists of the time including Carl Einstein Robert Desnos Pablo Picasso Joan Miro and Andre Masson. With essays by leading authorities on Bataille and surrealism and new translations of original articles. Undercover surrealism reflects both the subversive energy and the violent confrontations of imagery and ideas found in DOCUMENTS. It offers fresh insight into the cultural and intellectual climate of Paris in the late 1920s."--BOOK JACKET. Hayward Gallery/MIT Press paperback books
2005ref. 175564London: Tate 2005. Paperback. VG. Color-illustrated and purple wraps with white and purple lettering. 115 pp. Color illustrations. Contents: Let's Not Pretend: 20:50 1987-2003; No Formulas: One Piece at a Time 1987; Full of Hole and Cutting Corners: Depend 1944; Make it Large: Slice of Reality 2000; Redundancy: Turbine Hall Swimming Pool 2000; Sculpting in Time: Butterfly 2003; Serious Play/Meaningful Work. Tate paperback books
ref. 176225Paperback. VG. Color-illustrated wraps with red lettering. 128 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from June 21 to October 12 2008. Includes bibliographical references. paperback books
2010ref. 176345Rotterdam: NAi Publishers 2010. Hardcover. VG/VG. Plain black cloth boards white dust jacket with color illustration and black lettering 220 pp richly illustrated in color. "This publication features the portfolios of six Dutch photographers. Accompanying interviews clarify the position of each photographer and the images selected for the book. Distinguishing these photographers are the ways in which they succeed in making a commission their own despite assuming positions that vary from embedding themselves in the creative process to personally formulating the task at hand. Regardless of diversity in position however their work exemplifies the most important developments in architecture photography of recent decades."--Book jacket. NAi Publishers hardcover books
1994ref. 176444London: Merrell Holberton 1994. Softcover. Good bottom front right corner of wraps peeling light shelwear to wraps and corners. Blue and orange wraps with black lettering 18 100 10 100 pages profusely illustrated in 140 color plates 300 duotones. Included in rear is an audio disc. Text in English and French. Accompanied by compact disc of music by Patrick Mimran. "The Stairs" is a series of ten exhibitions on the theme of film and its language. "This book illustrates explains and documents one of the most important installations of the 1990's: 'The Stairs- Location' erected in the streets and squares of Geneva for 100 days in 1994. This is the first of ten in an ambitious and crowd catching series of exhibitions by Peter Greenaway devoted to exploring the language of cinema 'live'." -rear of book. Merrell Holberton paperback books
1926ref. 176575Paris: Librairie ancienne Honoré Champion 1926. Softcover. VG light foxing to upper block edges interior pages clean light shelf wear to wraps. Tan wraps with black lettering and color illustration on front cover 31 1 pages 76 2 leaves of plates : illustrations 1 color. Text in French. Exhibition of ancient Russian ceramics from April 15 to October 15 1929 at the Ceramic Museum of Sévres. Librairie ancienne Honoré Champion paperback books
2005ref. 176778London: National Gallery 2005. Hardcover. VG/VG. Gray cloth boards with black and white lettering bw illustrated dust jacket 112 pp profusely illustrated in bw. Published to accompany the exhibition: John Virtue: London Paintings at The National Gallery London 9 March to 5 June 2005. Introduction by Charles Saumarez Smith ; essays by Simon Schama Paul Moorhouse and Colin Wiggins. Includes bibliographical references. National Gallery hardcover books
1940ref. 173886London: Oxford University Press 1940. Hardcover. VG only light wear to extremities and minor soiling to boards. Green cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. 279 pp. Illustrations. "The personal seal in Chinese of Mrs. Moore reproduced on the title-page."--Introduction. Includes index of Chinese names words terms and seals. Includes bibliographical references. Bibliography in English and Chinese. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1987ref. 174070Oxford: Phaidon 1987. Hardcover. VG/VG. Grey cloth with black lettering on spine color illustrated dust jacket 256 pp.many BW & color illus. A chronological study of the craft of portraiture on both sides of the Atlantic. Includes 32 pages of plates bibliographical references and index. Phaidon hardcover books
1974ref. 174141London: Greater London Council 1974. Paperback. VG- light soiling scuffing and wear to wraps. Cream stapled wraps with red and black lettering. 86 unnumbered pages. BW illustrations. Catalogue compiled by John Jacob and Jacob Simon./ Administered by the Iveagh Bequest./ Includes bibliographical references. Greater London Council paperback books
1985ref. 171508Berkeley: University of California Press 1985. Hardcover. VG-/VG- ex-library copy with bookplate and call number labels on book and dj spines. light corner and edge wear. Burgundy cloth boards with stamped design and spine lettering. Magenta and illustrated dust jacket wtiht white lettering. xxi 357 pp. Religious drama -- Beginnings of secular drama: court theater and chivalric romance plays -- Neoclassical tragedy -- The age of Catherine: prose comedy and sentimental drama -- The age of Catherine: comic opera and verse comedy -- Russian comedy comes of age -- "The last ray of tragedy's sunset" -- Verse comedy's sunburst -- Griboedov or the fortune of being clever -- Pushkin and neoclassical drama. University of California Press hardcover books
2013ref. 172084Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz 2013. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. Tan boards with black and red lettering. 318 pp. Illustrations. Published on the occasion of an international symposium held at Museum Tinguely Basel Sept. 27-29 2012. Text in German Russian and English. Hatje Cantz hardcover books
2003ref. 170423Basel: Merian 2003. Hardcover. VG. Orange cloth boards with white stamped illustration and spine lettering. 191 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held June 6-July 27 2003 at Helmhaus Zürich. Merian hardcover books
1981ref. 169605Woodbridge Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club 1981. Revised Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG-. Dust jacket is sunned on spine shows some edge wear. Minor soiling on title page and bottom edge corners otherwise clean and tight throughout. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Red dust jacket with color illustrations white lettering. Blue illustrated endpapers. 520 pp. Profusely illustrated in BW with a few pages of color illustrations. "With introductory chapters on the Rise and Progress of the Art." Revised from the 1978 edition. A lovely and complete volume. Antique Collectors' Club hardcover books
2018ref. 168431New York: Eykyn Maclean 2018. Paperback. New. In shrinkwrap. Dark teal wraps with black stamped lettering. Natural heavy paper dust jacket with black lettering. 64 pp. 23 plates. Published to accompany the exhibition Whitney McVeigh: Elegy to Nature 20 March - 20 April 2018. Eykyn Maclean paperback books
