Search Results: ART / Individual Artist from Tangible Tales

Washington: Fairbanks Art and Books, 2002. Hardcover. Good +. Signed and inscribed by the author (the artist's son) on the half-title page to local acquaintances, "With kindes Personal Regards to Donna and Orville Vander Griend from Florence and Eugene Fairbanks October 2006." Quarto-size green hardcover, no jacket as issued, no indication of printing, one date. A good+ copy with bumping to both spine tips being it's major flaw. Light shelf-wear to the board edges and a bright, attractive cover illustration. The interior is clean an unmarked other thant he author's inscription. Solid binding, lacking in tightness, most likely due to the signing. 168 pp., black and white photos throughout with a handful of full color photos. A beautiful collection of examinations of Fairbanks' monuments and statues.

Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1963. Limited ed. Paperback. Good. Paper, staple-bound exhibition catalog, limited to 2500 copies. Errata laid in at front. A good copy, with general wear to the cover edges, and scuffing to the white rear cover. Bending at the corners. Ghost of a previous bookstore price ot the top of the front free-endpaper appears to be the only marking in the catalog. Interioir is clean and the staples a firm and tight. Unpaginated, roughly 30 pages, with black and white representations of 16 of the artist's works.

Oregon: Tripletree Publishing, 1998. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Clark, Alan M.. Hardcover limited edition, number 86 of 500 copies. Signed by the author and the illustrator without inscription on the limitation page. A very good copy with a minor warp/lift to the front cover being the only discernable flaw. Unclipped jacket is also very good with light soil to the spine panel and light shelf-wear at the panel edges. 405 pp., a collection of artwork and short stories illustrating each other.

Harper Collins: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Blue cloth hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed on the photo page next to the beginning of the introductory biography, "For Rick and Cindy from David 11/6/90" with a hand-drawn illustration across the bottom of both pages. Signature not authenticated as I have not been able to locate anything else autographed by David Em. A very good copy with minor shelfwear at the edges of the boards and a bit of soiling/dusting along the top text block edge. Pages are clean and unmarked other than the inscription and the binding is solid though lacking in tightness. The dustjacket is good only with scuffing to the rear panel, a short tear at the front fold, sunning to the spine column and dusting/light soil. 112 pp., with art work represented in full color.

New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/poor. Good hardcover, 1st US edition in a poor dustjacket. The book is good with small tears to the paper the spine tips and bumps to the upper corners. Previous owner's name and sticker to the top of the front free-endpaper appears to be the only writing in the book. 4 small glue dots to the title page where a newspaper article appears to have been removed. Binding is solid but the gatherings are not tight and the book lays open easily. The jacket is truly poor with large tears, chips, crinkling and soil. Buy this copy for the book and hide that jacket away in a drawer somewhere. Unpaginated, but with 149 full page black and white plates.

Vietnam: Duc Minh Art Gallery, 1999. Hardcover. Good/good. Leatherette hardcover in dustjacket, no indication of printing. Text in English and Vietnamese. A good copy with minor edgewear, but 3 shallow cuts to the rear board. Binding is solid, but not tight, in the style of binding from small and local publishers. Text is clean and unmarked, some bunching of the paper on the pastedowns from imperfect glueing. Dustjacket with mild shelf-wear and some bumping at the corners. 89 pages, full color photos of the artist's paintings and nice "compliments of" inscription from the gallery on the title page.

Japan: Graphical Point, 1996. Hardcover. Good/very good. Hardcover in dustjacket. Unauthenticated artist's signature in heavy black ink to the front free-endpaper. A good copy, clean and unmarked with general wear at the corners and a bump to the base of the spine. Would be a very good copy but for a moderate downward warping. Unclipped jacket is clean and attractive with light ruffling at the panel edges and a bit of scuffing to the dark panels. 63 pp., all color images. Nagai's carvings are detailed and amazingly life-like. Text in Japanese and English.

Oregon: Sujo's Studios, 2007. First edition. Spiral_bound. Very Good. Signed and inscribed on the title page, "To Gael & Lew - with all my love - Sue", and then a unique hand-drawn illustration in green of a fountain pen writing "Sujo." Spiral bound softcover, stated first edition in very good condition. Clean and solid, with the spiral intact and like new. Pages are clean and well bound in. 78 pp., black and white illustrations throughout, including a fold out map at rear that identifies the locations of the historic homes illustrated in the book. Hard to find piece of local interest. The author/artist passed away in 2020.

La Riviere & Voorhoeve, Kampen, 1991. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Anton Pieck. Brown hardcover, 3rd printing in jacket, text in Dutch. A very good copy with a minor uplift and light edgewear. The interior is clean and unmarked and the binding and hinges are solid. The dustjacket is good, but with sunning to the spine and front cover and a bit of soiling along the top of the front panel. 205 pp., color representations of Pieck's fantastic and beautiful artwork.

Dorset: The Workshop Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. Fair. 1969 oversize paperback with stapled binding. Fair condition only with binding cloth very frayed and faded. Heavy wear to the corners, both covers and pages. Staples are still firmly bound even though the cloth covering them is giving up. 92 full color pages of Gardiner's beautiful illustrations documenting the castles, manors and landscapes of Dorset and Purbeck. A rough copy, but with no diminishment to the beauty and vibrancy of the illustrations.

San Francisco: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, 1995. Paperback. Good. Paperbound exhibition catalog in good-only condition. Hard bump to the top of the spine column, and general wear to the edges. Some paper tears at the spine column, bending at the lower corners. The interior is much better - clean and unmarked in a solid binding, but with a tear to the Plates title page. Unpaginated, around 40 pages, full color representations of Auerbach's works.

Australia: Ceramic Break Sculpture Park, 2011. Paperback. Good. Oversize paperback signed by Kerry Cannon without inscription on the top of the Foreword page. A good copy with some bending at the corner tips. Some scuffing and minor soiling to the covers. The interior is clean and unmarked in a solid binding. Bright and beautiful photographs of Cannon's unique sculpture all presented in a story format. 80 pp., full color throughout.

Oregon: Klamath Pioneer Publishing, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Good. Oblong quarto softcover. Signed, "Best Wishes to Vernon - G.E. McMahan" on the front endpaper by the author. A good copy with edgewear and bending at the corners. Some scuffing and light soil to the covers. Interior is clean, solid and unmarked. 80 pp., filled with full color representations of McMahan's beautiful art depicting Oregon's nature and history.

Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2000. Stiff Wraps. Good. Oversize stiff wraps, orange with pictoral front cover. Black spine titles are beginning to fade. A good copy with bending at the corners and wear at the spine tips. No indication of printing but created for the 2000 exhibition tour encompassing Los Angeles, Mexico City and Monterrey. Heavy wear to the rear cover and some soiling/marking to the rear cover. Pages are clean and binding is solid. 208 pp., color and black and white representations of Orozco's work throughout. From the WorldCat summary, "The book is the most complete monograph of artist Orozco (b.Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico,1962) published to date, covering his career with a selection of his most representative works from the late 1980's to"...2000.

Georgia: Longstreet Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover 1st in jacket, signed by the artist without inscription on the half-title page. A good copy with wear to the edges and corners of the boards, and some bumping to the upper corners and spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked, with solid hinges and binding. Unclipped jacket has small spots of soiling to the white panels and crinkling all along the top edges of the panels. 133 pp., filled with full page, full color representations of Dunbar's paintings. Chapters for her works in styles of French Impressionism, American Expressionism and Abstract art.

New Mexico: Little Standing Spruce Publishing, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine. Heavy black cloth hardcover, no jacket as issued. A near fine copy - clean, tight and square. MInor dusting to the cloth appears to be the only flaw. 290 pp., filled with color and b/w photos. An examination of Hardin and her work, originally part of a 3 volume set form the publisher featuring New Mexico's native female artists.

Seattle: Portland Press, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated hardcover lacking dustjacket. Minor bumping at the bottom corners. Interior clean and unmarked, binding and hinges solid. A clean bright copy detailing the construction of a unique art glass chandelier in Washington State. 63 pp., full color photos throughout.

California: Lapis Press, 1991. Paperback. Good +. Oversized paperback with illustrated covers, no indication of printing. A good + copy with edge-wear - corners bumped and cover edges worn, with some minor chips to the paper at the edges. The interior is clean and bright in a solid binding. Unpaginated, approximately 75 pages with full color artwork and text throughout. A beautiful collection of Onslow Ford's signature style.

California: Hidden House Publications, 1982. Hardcover. Good/fair. Black hardcover with gilt spine lettering in dustjacket, no indication of printing. A good copy in a very beat-up dustjacket. Minor shelf-wear to the thick board edges, and minor bending at the upper corner tips. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is solid but lacking in tightness as if it has been lain open flat. The dustjacke is only fair with chips and tears to the panel edges, a scar from a sticker removal to the top corner of the front cover, and scuffing and light soiling to the panels. 122 pp., full color plates of all 18 door panels in beautiful stained glass. A gorgeous book in spite of it's flaws.

Finland: Pori Art Museum, Turku Art Museum, 1990. Paperback. Good. Square paperback art exhibit publication. Text in English and Finnish. Good condition with some minor warping to the flexible covers and edge wear. Binding is solid and pages are clean and unmarked. 116 pp., unpaginated, color and black/white photos of the artists work. An early exhibition for this Finnish media artist - hard to find.