Search Results: Art etc. (International) from Quagga Books

Gallimard (2009), 2009. A set of 5 volumes exploring the meaning of beauty from prehistory, antiquity through to the future.

1929. 24 original exlibris, hand coloured and tipped onto black card. With two folded sheets of text, with an introduction by Herrn Rich. Braungart. This set number 37 of 100, although it is thought that only 50 were printed. Housed in a folding portfolio case with chord ties.Handwritten number to top LHS of front board. From the collection of Giani Montero.

An educational resource guide whilst touring the exhibition to assist in a dialogue about cultural expression, past and present. 32 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition; Good. Binding: Softcover. Some mild edge-wear and rubbing.

Jacana, . Published on the occasion of the Exhibition of the same name held at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. Includes essasys by Lucy Duran, David Elliott, Clive Kellner, Jean-Hubert Martin, Achille Mbembe; and John Picton. 260 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Some light edge-wear. Abrasions to the front cover. Sunning

Univrsity of the Witwatersrand. A small catalogue featuring carvings, masks; figures and fetishes. Small tide mark to the lower out corners of the pages. Map on the rear cover. Black ink writing on front cover. 16 Pages. Condition: Good-. Binding: Softcover. Thick card-wraps. Mild soiling to the covers.

Sauerländer, 1973. Language: German. English translation: "Every year the jackhammer goes down or the landscape changes." 7 folded coloured illustrations sheets in a fine condition. The artist was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize in 1974. In haunting pictures the Swiss artist shows the change in landscape within a 20 year time-span. An almost untouched natural habitat is increasingly becoming a clinically clean and concreted cityscape by human hands. On each of these seven colourful, foldable panels you will discover a wealth of details. The pictures tell of the gradual destruction of nature, the suppression of the habitat for humans and animals that is still happening today.

Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2000. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of 1999-2000. Numerous colour and black-and-white plates. In as new condition.

International Publications Inc., 1929. Complete for the year 1929. Volumes CXXXV and CXXXVI with indexes, bound in three volumes., full leather. Original wraps bound in. The following issues are present: 5 January; 20 January; 5 February; 20 February; 5 March; 20 March; 5 April; 20 April; 5 May; 20 May; 5 June; 20 June; 5 July; 20 July; 5 August; September; October; November and December. Numbers 2560 - 2578. Some light foxing to the page edges.

Rizzoli, Circa 1983. Numerous beautiful illustrations and in-depth artist biograhies. 231 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Some light edge-wear to all extremities. 1cm open tear to lower spine edge. Crease to lower front corner.

Thames and Hudson, 1998. Archaeologists document the sculptural accomplishments of the region. With 446 illustrations, 258 in colour. As new.

Frissiras Museum. Text: Italian, English and Greek. Catalogue published for the exhibition of the same title 17 April 2002 to 16 June 2002 in Athens. 111 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Thick cardwraps. Mild edge-wear.

Thames & Hudson. Tracing the development of the Andy Goldsworthy's project at the Gallery from conception to completion. Fully illustrated catalogue of more than 120 commissioned installations dating from 1984 to 2008. 209 pages. Contents clean and binding tight. This is a heavy item and will incur additional shipping. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good to very good. Edge-wear to corners. 3 small closed tears to spine and corner of top edge. Binding: Hardcover. Black cloth boards with specks of white marks.

Francolin Publishers. Bringing to light Africa's hugely fertile contemporary artistic talent. Showcasing more than 60 of Africa's most creative contemporary artists. More than 350 colour images. 226 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Thick card-wraps.

Humphrey-Milford. Oxford University Press, 1931. Some fading to the cloth spine and bumping to the paper covered board's edges. Small perforation to the front board (now closed), effecting the first 5 pages or so with a minor dent. Some light foxing. Gift inscription (1944) to the fep. 3cm closed tear to the top edge of pg. 33. Numerous illustrations by Flight. Demonstrationg his skill andc with linocut prints.

Kunstwerkzeuge. Pamphlet. Text: German. Translation: Instructions for Exercising the Batik Technique (wax color art) by Albert Reimann - Sculptor and Artisan. Piece of batik cloth pasted on title page with a batik fabric colour chart at the rear.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art. A catalogue published for the exhibition held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Binding firm, contents clean. Condition: Good-. Binding: Softcover. Edge-wear and sunning to the card-wraps. Light creasing. Light soiling to rear cover.

Istituto Italiano D'Arti Grafiche. A large heavy book. Text in Italian. Foxing throughout but not effecting the many tipped in plates.Mostly confined to the thick pager pages and tissue guards. History of Italian lace. Edgewear to the dust jacket. Heavy book, will incur extra postage.

Taschen, Circa 2010. Text: English, German and French. Essays by Sheila Blair & Jonathan Bloom with a selection of original texts by Émile Prisse d'Avennes & James Augustus St. John. Includes a collection of 32 chromolithographs illustrating the people and costumes of the Nile Valley. 392 Pages. Very heavy item. Will incur additional shipping. Reprint. Condition: Near Fine. Dust jacket: Very good. Watermark to front cover. Binfinh: Hardcover. Gold emboards boards.

Lund Humphries & Co Ltd. 2 Volumes with numerous illustrations, some in colour. Vol. 1: Covers designed by John Tunnard. Contents: Edouard Pignon by Herbert Read; Architectural Backgrounds In Italian Painting by Sir Kenneth Clark; Hopes and Hazards of the British Film by Richard Winnington; A Sculptor's Workshop (A Note on the new Figure by Henry Moore) by Edward Sackville-West; Peter Grimes In Stockholm by Desmond Shawe-Taylor; The Rape Of Lucretia (A Note on Benjamin Britten's second opera) by Eric Crozier; The Rape Of Lucretia (Some pages from the composer's manuscript) by Benjamin Britten; The Rape Of Lucretia (Stage designs) by John Piper. Creases to upper corners of cover. Some light insect nibbling. Some foxing to verso of rear cover. Vol. 2: Covers designed by Edward Bawden. Contents: Mannerism by Roger Hinks; The Anarchism Of Camille Pissarro by Benedict Nicolson; The Lesson Of Poussin by Andre Gide; Poetry by Kathleen Raine. Including contributions from Clive Bell, Sir Kenneth Clark and… Read More

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2003. Collection of photographs with introductory essay. Parallel English and Hebrew text.