Movements / Optical, Op Art from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1965. 51 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. This was the most important exhibition heralding "Optical" or "Op Art," with the vibrating, undulating design by Bridget Riley on the front cover. Colour-field painting goes psychedelic. Includes: Agam, Josef Albers, Richard Anuskiewicz, Edward Avedisian,… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. 400 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Soft crease/back cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. . Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

New York: Abrams, 2014. 319 pages, illustrations (some colour); 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "People are fascinated by optical illusions. There is something intrinsically satisfying about static pictures that appear to move, change color, or fool us into seeing things that 'aren't really there.' This comprehensive survey of optical illusions includes an astonishing range of images from ancient… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; Meridian Books, 1969. 76 pages, illustrations (some colour); 20 x 22 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Gift inscription/flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Age toning. . Paperback. Good. Oblong.

New York: Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Ltd., 1970. 20 pages, illustrations (some colour), portrait; 21 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Munich and New York: Prestel, 2011. Pictorial boards, 232 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Looking at art through the lens of psychedelic experience and culture, Germany Times critic Ken Johnson reveals an unexpected and illuminating dimension of… Read more about this item

Neuchatel: Editions du Griffon, 1976. 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 16 cm. English Edition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 16mo.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. 16 pages, 76 plates; 30 cm. New, Revised and Expanded Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. In the sixties, hippies admired Escher's prints for their psychedelic qualities; nowadays, he's seen as a precursor of chaos theory and cyberspace for his Moebian diagrams and weird doppelgangers.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.… Read more about this item

Cobham, Surrey: TAJ Books, 2003. Pictorial boards, 11 pages, [84] plates, [1] pages chiefly illustrations (some colour); 36 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Back free endpaper crerased. Dust jacket with moderate shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Folio.

Boston: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2013. Pictorial boards, 151 pages, illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 16 to November 11, 2013. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "The 1960s saw a revolution in fashion that was born, like most things new and hip in that… Read more about this item

Paris: Leon Amiel Publisher, Inc., 1980. Cloth, 158 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 32 cm. Special issue of the XXe Siecle Review. Text in English and French. Translations by Joan Marie Weiss Davidson. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Includes 2 colour… Read more about this item

Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1994. Pictorial boards, 32 pages, illustrations; 23 x 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. 3D illusions by N.E. Thing Enterprises.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oblong.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. 16 pages, 76 plates; 30 cm. New, Revised and Expanded Edition. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps. Age toning. Another copy available. In the sixties, hippies admired Escher's prints for their psychedelic qualities; nowadays, he's seen as a precursor of chaos theory and cyberspace for his Moebian diagrams and weird doppelgangers..… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1967. 16 pages, 76 plates; 30 cm. New, Revised and Expanded Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. In the sixties, hippies admired Escher's prints for their psychedelic qualities; nowadays, he's seen as a precursor of chaos theory and cyberspace for his Moebian diagrams and weird doppelgangers.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1974. 70 pages, chiefly illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Clip-Art book unused & complete. Verified upon shipping.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Abradale Press; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1992. Cloth, 349 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Translation of: Leven en werk van M. C. Escher. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international,… Read more about this item

Neuchatel, Switzerland: Editions du Griffon, 1970. 206 pages, illustrations (some colour) (16 in pocket); 28 cm. English Edition. Translated from the French by Haakon Chevalier. SIGNED by Vasarely on the flyleaf. A very good copy with one mylar plate loose (besides the 16 in the pocket). Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international,… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1976. 112 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Translated from the Dutch. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, expected browning. Stated First Printing. Another copy available. VERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Fecamp: Palais Benedictine, 2001. 106 pages, colour illustrations, portraits; 29 cm. Text in English and French. Exhibition held at Palais Benedictine, Fecamp, 16 June to 30 September 2001. COMME NEUF. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Vasarely Inconnu = Unknown Vasarely.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

New York: Main Street; Sterling Publishing Co., 2004. Pictorial boards, 160 pages, colour illustrations; 21 x 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Each of these optical illusions is a masterpiece of colorful design, with visual tricks to confound the mind and please the eye. Just dont trust anything you see at first… Read more about this item